Frances Rodgers and Ben Grisdale are a husband-and-wife duo. Frances is the author of this series, while Ben is the illustrator. Together they have created this beautiful and charming set of books. Inspired by a TV show on the plight of the hedgehog in the UK, they came up with the idea to create children's books to encourage them to take an interest in the wildlife in their garden and to begin to help out at an early age. They are also donating 10 percent of all profits made from Roly the Hedgehog books to Project Amazing Grace.