Children's book author Jana Sedlackova enjoys, among other things, singing in a choir and decorating gingerbread during Christmas. Her love for fairytales fuels her conviction that those who don't read them are still searching for the perfect one. She graduated from the School of Textile Design and Management in Brno, Czech Republic.

Alexandra Hetmerova is a Czech film director, illustrator, and freelance artist. She earned a master's degree in Animation Film from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 2013 and completed an internship with the Animation Faculty at the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn. Her short animated movies, created during her studies, have won numerous awards at international festivals. Alexandra also worked as a coordinator for the Anifilm festival in the Czech Republic in 2012 and 2013. She was born in Kromeriz, Czech Republic.