Maggie Pearson has held a variety of jobs including being a barmaid, librarian and freelance journalist, and she now pursues a career as a highly successful children's writer. Her first novel, Owl Light, was short-listed for the WH Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award and her more recent Shadows of the Beast was long-listed for the Carnegie Medal. Maggie is a lover of books, cryptic crosswords, going to the theatre and foreign travel.Nelson Evergreen is a Welsh illustrator who lives on the south coast of the UK with his partner, Susannah, and their imaginary cat. He is a comic artist, illustrator and general all-round doodler of whatever appears in his head. Nelson also makes music and plays lots of video games.

Maggie Pearson has held a variety of jobs including being a barmaid, librarian and freelance journalist, and she now pursues a career as a highly successful children's writer. Her first novel, Owl Light, was short-listed for the WH Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award and her more recent Shadows of the Beast was long-listed for the Carnegie Medal. Maggie is a lover of books, cryptic crosswords, going to the theatre and foreign travel.Nelson Evergreen is a Welsh illustrator who lives on the south coast of the UK with his partner, Susannah, and their imaginary cat. He is a comic artist, illustrator and general all-round doodler of whatever appears in his head. Nelson also makes music and plays lots of video games.