Lou Peacock (Author)
Lou Peacock loves words, stories and poems and has nearly thirty years of experience in children’s publishing. She is Nosy Crow’s Publishing Director at Large for Picture Books, and her own stories have been published in nearly 30 languages. Lou’s previous poetry anthology – the highly-acclaimed A Whale of a Time, illustrated by Matt Hunt – was a Waterstones Book of the Year in 2023 and also The Times book of the week. She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and son and their small black fluffy dog called Lyra.

Nicola Slater (Illustrator)
Born in the wild and windy north, Nicola began her career as an usher, but life by the big screen was too heady and too fast. Instead, she chose to study Illustration in Buckinghamshire, where she developed a passion for children's books that far surpassed her love of popcorn. She has since had books published here and in the United States, which include Best Friends, Spot a Lot, and Leaping Lemmings. Nicola lives with her family in Cheshire, close to the local cinema where she likes to occasionally lurk in the foyer.