AF Harrold is a poet, performer and children’s author. His books include The Imaginary, a Kirkus ReviewsBest Middle Grade Book for 2015 and The Song from Somewhere Else, a School Library JournalBest Book of 2017 and a Wall Street JournalBest Book of 2017. Welcome to Wild Town is his first poetry collection for Otter-Barry Books. He lives in Reading with a stand-up comedian and two cats.

Dom Conlon is a poet and author with a keen interest in science and the natural world. His previous books include This Rock That Rock, nominated for the Carnegie Medal in 2021 and the Wild Wanderers series of picture books about the natural world. Welcome to Wild Town is his first poetry collection for Otter-Barry Books. He lives in Lancashire.

Korky Paul is one of Britain's best-known illustrators. Born in Zimbabwe, he studied drawing at Durban School of Art in South Africa. He is famous across the world for his illustrations in the Winnie the Witch books and his work is published in 26 countries. Korky's dynamic illustration sessions are highly popular in schools and libraries. He lives in Oxford, England.