Joe Todd-Stanton is an author/illustrator who grew up in Brighton and studied at UWE Bristol, receiving a first class degree in Illustration. His picturebook The Secret of Black Rock was longlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Award and won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. DreamWorks Animation have optioned the motion picture rights to his Brownstone's Mythical Collection series. He has twice been shortlisted for the Oscar's Book Prize. Former primary school teacher Matt Goodfellow is now a full-time poet who visits schools across the country to give high-energy performances and workshops. His first poetry collection for Otter-Barry Books, Chicken on the Roof, received wide acclaim. He is also the author of Caterpillar Cak, illustrated by Krina Patel-Sage and shortlisted for the CLiPPA award, Shu-Lin's Grandpa, illustrated by Yu Rong and shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, and a contributor to CLiPPA-shortlisted poetry collection Being Me: Poems about Thoughts, Worries and Feelings.