Author Petrea Honychurch Seaman was born and grew up on the Caribbean island of Dominica before moving to the US, where she studied landscape architecture. Back in Dominica, she began to write children's fiction inspired by her two young daughters, both great explorers of this lush and mountainous island. Goodnight My Sweet Island - her first book - is a homage to her homeland. A website and graphic designer, she lives in Jamaica with her husband and children. Illustrator Susanne Heitz was born in Germany but has spent much of her life in the Caribbean. Trained at the Hochschule for Fine Art and Design in Hannover, Germany, her love of nature and colour are key elements in her work. She lives in Dominica, Barbados and Germany.