Sophie Dahl is the best-selling author of four books for adults and two books for children. The Worst Sleepover in The World follows her children's debut, the critically acclaimed Madame Badobedah. She has written nonfiction essays for Vogue, British Vogue, the New York Times, the Guardian, and the Sunday Times (London). She has judged the Women's Prize for Fiction and British Vogue's Young Talent Contest. She is also a contributing editor and monthly columnist at House & Garden magazine. Madame Badobedah was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal, received a Parents' Choice Gold Award, and was selected as a 2019 Best Children's Book by both the Guardian and the Sunday Times (London). Lauren O'Hara is the illustrator of Hortense and the Shadow and The Bandit Queen. She lives in a converted church in Dublin, Ireland.