Attie Lime grew up in the Northumberland countryside. She has been widely published online, and in print magazines and anthologies. Attie has worked as a primary school and a preschool teacher and now enjoys visiting schools and festivals as a poet, with the help of her poetry parrot, Marjorie. Blue Jelly and Strawberries is Attie's debut solo collection. She lives in the East Midlands, UK. Kate Sheppard studied illustration at Bradford Art College . She has worked on the Horrible Histories series and novels by Alison Prince and Annie Dalton.