Smriti Halls?is a bestselling, award-winning children's author, published in 45 languages worldwide. Her best-loved stories include?Rain Before Rainbows,?I Love You Night and Day,?and?her acclaimed series with Steve Small,?I'm?Sticking?With?You.

Smriti is a former Writer in Residence for BookTrust and is a patron for the School Library Association.?

South Indian by birth and a Londoner at heart, she lives and works near Richmond Park with her husband and three sons.

Jonathan Woodward specialises in creating wildlife illustrations using a cut paper collage style both with recycled magazines and digitally. Previous clients include the Bronx Zoo, NYC Aquarium, the National Trust, CBeebies and Penguin.