Patrick Ness is the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling Chaos Walking trilogy, which inspired a major motion picture. His other novels include the Carnegie Medal winner A Monster Calls (inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd), More Than This, Release, The Rest of Us Just Live Here, and Burn. He has won numerous awards, including two Carnegie Medals, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Book Trust Teenage Prize, and the Costa Children's Book Award. He also wrote the screenplay for the film version of A Monster Calls as well as the BBC's Doctor Who spinoff Class. Patrick Ness lives in Los Angeles.

Tea Bendix is an award-winning illustrator, graphic designer, author, and performer. She works across different media, including picture books, nonfiction, apps, children's radio, and drawings for TV. Tea Bendix lives in Denmark.