Nicola Edwards (Author) Nicola Edwards was raised by the seaside in beautiful Brighton. She loves reading, dancing, rhyming and turquoise things. She now lives with her husband and children in North London and spends her days writing and editing children's books. She has been nominated for the UKLA and Blue Peter Book awards and is a two-time Parenting Product Awards winner. Tess Duffin (Illustrator) Tess Duffin is an illustrator who loves silliness, play and fun! Growing up on their family's farm in rural Leicestershire, Tess went on to study Illustration at Cambridge School of Art. Studying their BA, Tess began to experiment with more analogue materials, from charcoal to ceramics and discovering their love of combining digital and analogue processes. Tess loves to find elements of storytelling in the everyday, whether working on children's illustration, animation or editorially. Tess' work has also been long-listed for the AOI World Illustration Award 2023.