J.P. Rose is an award winning writer who was born in Manchester but was raised in Yorkshire after her adoption. She is proud of her diverse and rich Jamaican, Nigerian and Anglo-Irish heritage. She trained as an actress but eventually moved into writing, and she is now the author of numerous novels for adults as well as books for children. She owns several horses, dogs and cats and lives with her wonderful family.

Monique Steele is a Jamaican-born illustrator currently residing in the small pocket of reality between time and space (also known as Miami Fl). When she's not crafting new imaginative characters or drawing magical worlds, you can find her obsessing over a good movie and lamenting no longer living the island girl lifestyle.