Fiona Macdonald studied history at Cambridge University and at the University of East Anglia in England. She has taught in adult education and in schools and universities, and is the author of numerous books for children on historical topics.
Annaliese Stoney graduated from University College Falmouth's illustration course and works as a freelance illustrator from her studio in Salisbury (Wiltshire). Annaliese's first authored and illustrated picture book,
It's Not Just a Blanket!, was published in 2014 by Bonney Press (an imprint of Hinkler).