'Jeremy Strong, a former primary headteacher, has been writing for children for many years. He is hugely popular " he won the Children's Book Award for The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog and has been shortlisted for My Mum's Going to Explode. He lives near Bath.
Nick Sharratt is a very successful illustrator, known for his bold and humorous picture books, and for his illustration of the novels of Jacqueline Wilson. Nick lives in Brighton.