Norbert Landa was born in Austria and has worked as a journalist, songwriter and playwright. In 1980 he began writing books for children and has now had over 120 published. He is also the publisher of Germany's leading educational children's magazine. Norbert lives with his wife in Germany. Simon Mendez was born in York and took a General Art and Design course at York Technical College, then studied Scientific and Natural History Illustration at Fylde College in Blackpool. He now paints many different subjects but mainly concentrates on portraits and animal subjects. Simon enjoys reading, watching movies, photography and walking in the countryside.

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