Tom Nicoll is an award-winning writer of funny books for children, including the There's a Dragon in My... series and Boyband of the Apocalypse, which won the 2019 Stockton Children's Book of the Year. He is also an avid, though arguably not-very-good, gamer and has written a video-game based series for younger readers called Level Up! Tom lives just outside Edinburgh with his wife and two daughters.

Ross Collins was born in Glasgow. Since studying at the Glasgow School of Art, he has written and illustrated numerous books for children, including There's a Bear on My Chair, which won the UKLA award and the Amnesty CILIP Honour, and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award. For Macmillan, Ross's books include the I Am a Tiger, I Am Not an Elephant, I Can Roar Like a Dinosaur, and picture book editions of Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass. He lives with his partner, his young son, and his dog Hugo, in Scotland.