Raised by an adventurous family, TobiasRyan was inspired to travel and enjoy many different life experiences. A formerprimary school teacher, Tobias was fascinated by his students’ positiveresponses to storytelling. Now, Tobias enjoys a peaceful life, residing in abus in the bush on the east coast of Australia, while working in the renewableenergy sector. He continues to listen to other people’s life stories andremains intrigued by the art of story-telling and its connection with learning.Matteo Merli is an artist from Italy who has worked widelyin the film and TV industry. With a rich background in character creation andconceptualization, Matteo brings this knowledge into his work as anillustrator. Matteo has worked for many publishing houses and, over the years,has carefully developed his technique. Matteo enjoys illustrating using Bicpens, a Wacom Intuos 4 tablet, Photoshop C5, and SketchBook Pro.