Julia Golding is the award-winning author of numerous books for children and adults, including The Diamond of Drury Lane, winner of both the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. A former British diplomat and Oxfam policy adviser, Julia also has a doctorate in English Literature from Oxford University, and was writer-in-residence at the Royal Institution in 2019. Her Jane Austen-themed podcast What Would Jane Do? offers a 19th century take on modern life. She is also the author of The Queen's Wardrobe, illustrated by Kate Hindley.

Emily Sutton is an artist and illustrator who has collaborated with the likes of Paddington creator Michael Bond, Jessie Burton, and Kate Morton. As well as illustrating picture books and book covers she has designed everything from fabric to stationery to packaging. She is also a highly skilled painter, sculptor and printmaker. Emily is the illustrator for William Sieghart's poetry collection Everyone Sang and acclaimed nonfiction books by Nicola Davis, Tiny, Lots, and A First Book of the Sea.