Kes Gray was noted byThe Independentas one of the top ten children's authors in the UK in 2003. He is the author of the award-winningEat Your Peasand four more titles in the acclaimed Daisy series, as well asOur TwitchyandWho's Poorly Too?, illustrated by Mary McQuillan, andBilly's Bucket, illustrated by Garry Parsons, winner of the Red House Children's Book Award for Younger Readers. He also works as a freelance advertising copywriter.
Nick Sharratt has written and illustrated many books for children.Pants, written by Giles Andreae, won the 2003 Children's Book Award andThe Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dogby Jeremy Strong won it in 1997. He is the illustrator of all Jacqueline Wilson's prize-winning children's novels and his work appears in Playdays and Cosmopolitan. He lives in Brighton.