Lula Bell lives in the country so she can see the stars better. When she's not busy scribbling ideas for her stories, she makes obstacle courses for the squirrels in her garden. Brian Fitzgerald is an award-winning, Irish illustrator who lives and works in the harbor town of Dún Laoghaire, Ireland. His earliest illustrations often featured the sheep and horses that could be seen from his childhood home - a farmhouse on the Curragh plains. Brian studied at Dublin's National College of Art and Design where he discovered his love for illustrating children's books.