Rachel Rooney trained and worked as a teacher for special needs for many years before rediscovering her love of writing poetry. She was shortlisted for the CLiPPA Poetry Award in 2015 and 2019 and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. She has also been a judge for both the CLiPPA and the Betjeman Poetry Prize. Rachel was born in London and now lives in Brighton. Visit rachelrooneypoet.com and @RachelRooney on Twitter. Zehra Hicks is a tutor at Chelsea College of Arts, where she completed a short course in book illustration in 2009. Since then, she has been highly commended for the Macmillan Prize for Illustration, nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal, and shortlisted for the Read It Again! Cambridgeshire Children's Picture Book Award. Zehra lives with her family in Epsom, Surrey. Visit zehrahicks.com and @ZehraHicks on Twitter and Instagram.
