Sam Bowring is a comedian and writer. As well as creating his own stand-up routines, he has written for a number of television shows and written children's books.

He is the author of the acclaimed Broken Well Trilogy and the Strange Threads Duology.

His children's books are SAM THE CAT (Working Title Press, 2012; illustrated by Andrew McLean) and SIR JOSHUA AND THE UNPROFESSIONAL DRAGON (Koala Books, 1999). He lives in Sydney.

Andrew McLean grew up in the Victorian country town of Bairnsdale. He trained as a painter and teacher, and taught in secondary schools before becoming a lecturer in painting and drawing at Caulfield Institute of Technology. He has been a full-time artist now for more than thirty years.

Andrew and his wife Janet have created many picture books together, and Andrew also illustrates books written by other authors. Many of his books have been award winners: he has won the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award three times.