Best-selling Irish children's poet Gabriel Fitzmaurice, was born in the village of Moyvane in Co. Kerry and was the principal of the local national school. His previous books for children include Really Rotten Rhymes, I'm Proud to Be Me, But Dad!, The Oopsy Kid and Don't Squash Fluffy. Stella Macdonald has received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Tasmanian School of Art in Australia. She works as an illustrator, graphic designer, writer, cartoonist and animator, showing her short films and animations internationally.
