Patricia Cleveland-Peck has published fourteen children's books including The String Family, Much Too Much, The Bus From Beyond and Shepherd Boy.

She has also written adult books, plays and visited many countries as a travel journalist. Patricia lives on a smallholding in rural Sussex with lots of animals and a big untidy garden.

David Tazzyman is an internationally acclaimed award-winning illustrator. He illustrated Andy Stanton's Mr Gum series, which went on to win numerous awards including the first Roald Dahl Funny Prize, and he has illustrated many children's picture books, including You Can't Take an Elephant on a Bus and The Truth According to Arthur.