Hazel Gardner is a children's author who lives in Lancashire with her human, cat and tortoise family. She has a Master's in Linguistics from The University of Manchester, where she currently works in a public engagement and communications role. Hazel enjoys writing everything from bold and bright laugh-out-loud picture books to mindful, gentle stories and she is particularly fond of all things spooky.
Nikki Dyson studied for her Illustration degree in Swindon and since graduating in 2006 has illustrated books for children which include 1, 000 Animals and 1, 000 Things to Eat (both Usborne) and Flip Flap Dogs (Nosy Crow).
She has also illustrated You're Called What? and Zippo the Super Hippo. When she's not busy illustrating, Nikki enjoys reading and watching cartoons. If Nikki had a silly animal name, she would be a Curl-Tufted Doodle Bird. Nikki lives and works from her home in Swindon with her boyriend Zak who is also an illustrator.
