Benedict Blathwayt lives on the edge of Exmoor. HisBramble The Cowbooks sold over half a million copies. He has written and illustrated many titles for the Random House lists, of which the Little Red Train series is particularly popular. His wife is also an artist and he has two grown-up sons.
Richard Briers CBEis a much-loved British actor, whose career encompasses the theatre, television, film and radio. Briers is best known for his role as Tom Good inThe Good Life(1975), one of the most successful British sitcoms of all time. More recently, he played the role of Hector in the BBC drama series,Monarch of the Glen. He has also appeared in films such asHenry V(1989),Much Ado About Nothing(1993) andHamlet(1996) and he narrated the animated children's seriesRoobarb