Toni Brisland (nee Antonette Diorio) was born in Wollongong, NSW and currently lives in Sydney. Toni loves to read and believes it’s a natural progression from reading to writing. During her career as a teacher, HR manager and corporate lawyer, Toni’s hobby was to write fiction and poetry. After winning a number of awards for unpublished authors, her first print book for children was published in 2010. Her poetry for adults has appeared in Anthologies since 2012. Her website is www.tonibrisland.com
Illustrator - Anastasia Popp lives in Moscow and likes watercolours, coffee and cats. As a child she loved drawing so her parents sent her to a children’s art school. Five years later she graduated and since then hasnt stopped creating!