Giles Andreae is an award-winning children's author and has written both fiction titles and bestselling picture books. His picture book The Lion Who Wanted to Dance won the Federation of Children's Book Award in the best picture book category in 1998 and his other bestselling books include Pants and More Pants. Giles lives in Notting Hill with his wife and three young children.Russell Ayto has illustrated books by many leading picture-book authors, including Ian Whybrow and Cressida Cowell. His book The Witch's Children was shortlisted for the Greenaway Award in 2004 and The Witch's Children and the Queen won the Gold Award for the Nestle Children's Book Prize in 2003. His most recent accolade was the Roald Dahl Funny Prize for The Witch's Children Go to School in 2008.