Susan Martineau is the author of many creative and educational activity books, including Slimy Science and Awesome Experiments and Bugs in the Garden (b small publishing). She started her career in publishing as a book editor with the BBC. Susan lives in England. Vicky Barker works for b small publishing as a freelance graphic artist and formerly worked for Usborne Publishing. She has also produced work for Catnip, Really Decent Books, and BOOM! Studios. She splits her time between Los Angeles and Liverpool, England.