Sarah Crossan is the author of Apple and Rain and The Weight of Water, both of which have been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal. She is also the author of the novels Breathe, Resist, and the 2016 Carnegie Medal winner One. She grew up in Ireland and England, has taught English in the United States, and now lives in Hertfordshire, England. @SarahCrossan Brian Conaghan was born and raised in the Scottish town of Coatbridge but now lives in Dublin. He has a Master of Letters in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow. For many years Brian worked as a teacher and taught in Scotland, Italy and Ireland. His first YA novel, When Mr. Dog Bites , was shortlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Medal, and his second, The Bombs That Brought Us Together , won the 2016 Costa Children's Book Award.

We Come Apart , a verse novel co-authored with Carnegie Medal winner Sarah Crossan, won the 2018 UKLA Book Award, and his fourth novel, The Weight of a Thousand Feathers , won the 2018 Irish Book Award for Teen & Young Adult Book of the Year. @BrianConaghan Sarah Crossan is the author of young adult novels One , winner of the Carnegie Medal, Apple and Rain and The Weight of Water , both short-listed, Moonrise , Being Toffee , We Come Apart , co-written with Brian Conaghan and winner of the UKLA Book Award, Breathe, and Resist , as well as Here is the Beehive , a novel for adults. She grew up in Ireland and England, taught English in the United States and continues to promote creative writing in schools, and now lives in Hertfordshire. She is the current Laureate na nÃ"g (Children's Laureate) of Ireland. Twitter: @SarahCrossan Instagram: @SarahCrossanWriter.