Growing up on the Wirral and in Germany, Anna wrote plays about talking animals, and stories about naughty children, and drew on every available surface.

After school, she did an Art Foundation course, then a degree in German Literature & Philosophy at Oxford University. In 1998 she found her perfect job at Usborne in London, writing about everything from curious penguins to trips to the Moon.,

From a young age Benji was invariably to be found drawing and painting at the kitchen table, a scene which is often repeated to this day.

He is the prize-winning illustrator of all the Bizzy Bear books and apps, as well as a number of recent picture books, including The Storm Whale, and Grandad's Island. Benji lives in east London.