Miranda Paul is the award-winning author of more than a dozen books for children, including Little Libraries, Big Heroes, illustrated by John Parra. She is a founding member of the organisation We Need Diverse Books, and lives with her family in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Shane McG is a Melbourne-based illustrator who writes and illustrates his own picture books as well as illustrating for a wide range of books for other authors.

Shane has been drawing ever since he can remember. At school, he created his own comic strips and now he makes picture books and illustrations for people all around the world.