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Judi Curtin is the best-selling author of the ‘Alice and Megan’ series, the 'Eva' series and the 'Time After Time' series, about Beth and Molly, time-travelling best friends. Judi won the Children's Book of the Year (Senior) at the Irish Book Awards in 2017 for Stand By Me. Her 'Lily' series is set in Lissadell House, Sligo in the early twentieth century, while the 'Sally' series is set among the Irish emigrant community in New York of the same era.Sally in the City of Dreams was shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards 2023Lauren O’Neill was born in Wexford Town and is an illustrator of many children’s books and covers. Her expressive work is traditional at heart, with a touch of digital wizardry. She loves drawing characters and mushrooms, and telling stories through her art. She has illustrated many books including Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, which won the Children’s Books Ireland Merit Award for Illustration, and Blazing a Trail which won the Children's Book of the Year (senior) Irish Book Award in 2018.www.laurenipsum.ie