Tracey Hammett is a Welsh-born writer who shares her time between Cardiff and London. Tracey has written numerous stories, scripts and poems for BBC children's television and radio, including several BAFTA-nominated and award-winning programmes, and likes to combine her love of words, stories and rhyme with a good dollop of humour and an awareness of social and environmental issues. Jan McCafferty is an experienced children's book illustrator now residing in Manchester, having studied Graphic Design and Illustration at the Central England University. Her illustrations for other successful children's books include The Enchanted Wood, the Oliver Moon series and the Kid Cowboy series.