Smriti Halls is a bestselling, award-winning children's author, published in more than 40 languages worldwide. Her best-loved stories include Rain Before Rainbows, I Love You Night and Day, and her acclaimed series with Steve Small, I'm Sticking With You.

Smriti is a former Writer in Residence for BookTrust and is a patron for the School Library Association.

South Indian by birth, British by nationality and London-loving at heart, she lives and works near Richmond Park with her husband and three sons.

Jonathan Woodward specialises in creating wildlife illustrations using a cut paper collage style both with recycled magazines and digitally. Previous clients include the Bronx Zoo, NYC Aquarium, the National Trust, CBeebies and Penguin.