Helen Oswald is a writer and editor. Her first book of poetry for adults, Learning Gravity, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for "Best First Collection." Zoe Waring studied graphic design and was highly commended in the Macmillan Prize 2001. She won the Graduate Tigerprint Future of Design Award and worked as a Designer and Illustrator at Hallmark Cards for three years. She has since worked as a picture book designer for Usborne Publishing, Random House Children's Books, Scholastic and Bloomsbury Publishing.