Amanda McCardie is the author of the critically acclaimed A Book of Feelings (illustrated by Salvatore Rubbino). Before becoming an author, she studied infant observation and child development at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust in London, and has also worked as an editor, nursery assistant and teacher. Her other books include Our Very Own Dog, the charming story of her childhood dog Sophie.

Colleen Lamour is an illustrator and designer, living in Northern Ireland. She first studied art at Liverpool Art School, with a focus on children's animation and design, before completing an MA in Children's Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. As well as children's illustration, Colleen has produced artwork for magazines, client commissions and her own online shop Little Carousel.