Biographical note

Frances Stickley (Author) Frances is a primary school teacher who first realised her love for writing with the poem, 'My Dad's Milkfloat', when she was six. She is an award-winning academic, a trained children's literacy specialist, and winner of the Bloomsbury and National Literacy Trust short story prize 2017. She lives with her family and a big-eared dog in Derbyshire. And when she is not writing, you'll find her in the forest pretending to be a dragon with her daughters. Åsa Gilland (Illustrator) Åsa Gilland is a Swedish illustrator who studied interior design at Accademia Italiana Moda in Florence and spent many years as a graphic designer. She has lived in Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Spain and the UK before moving to Indonesia, and has worked on textiles, home décor, stationery and more, before deciding to follow her passion for illustrating children’s books. Åsa lives in a tiny house under an overgrown bougainvillea tree in Jakarta with husband, two sons and cats.