Yasmin Hanif is a Scottish-Pakistani author, poet and educator from a Muslim background. She worked on the 'We Can Be Heroes' project which tackled the lack of diversity in children's literature and won several awards including the Scottish Awards for Minority Ethnic Educators, the Aspiring Writers Award and The Scottish Education Curriculum Innovation Award. Yasmin's debut picture book Abdullah's Bear Needs a Name! is inspired by this project. Yasmin lives in the west of Scotland. Sophie Benmouyal was born in Canada to a French-Canadian mother and a Moroccan father. She is a children's book illustrator and graphic designer based in Montreal, Canada. She has two young daughters, a love of the outdoors and a compulsive children's book buying habit.
