Peter grew up in South London in a rambling Victorian house with three cats, two dogs, one sister, an antique-dealer dad and an artist mum.

He is a BAFTA-winning animator, as well as a writer and film-maker. Like Lily and Robert, he loves adventures and reading penny dreadfuls, but wishes dearly that he had a mechanical fox called Malkin. 

Lia Visirin was born in a small town in Transylvania, Romania, where she now lives with her husband and lots of house plants. She discovered her passion for children's illustrations very early on and has since illustrated a number of books, including Illustrated Stories of Pixies, Elves and Goblins (Usborne) and The Runaways of Haddington Hall (Vivian French, Walker). Lia gets inspiration from nature, old photographs and childhood memories.