Lanisha Butterfield is a self-proclaimed book worm and children's literature geek, who channelled her passion for writing, into a career that includes time spent as a magazine journalist, publicist, copy writer and a communications manager at Oxford University. During her time with the University, she has driven campaigns that address inequality in higher education and encourage racial and social inclusion. As a woman of Black mixed-race heritage, born and raised on a council estate in Oxford, by a hardworking single mother, for her, these are not just boxes to be ticked, but factors that have influenced her own school experience and career trajectory. Her quiet ambition of becoming an author, long-held and nurtured with lunch break trips to the local book shop, were realised during lockdown, when she signed-up for a virtual amateur children's literature workshop, which quite literally, changed her little life. Her debut picture book, Flower Block, published in June 2024 with PRH. Raissa Figueroa is a children's book illustrator and overall art lover based out of San Diego, California. She loves taking early morning walks through her neighbourhood to greet the sun before it rises with her dog, Ghost, to gather inspiration from the beauty of nature that surrounds us.