Kate Hindley studied illustration at Falmouth College of Art, and went on to work for two years as a children's print designer at a studio in Northampton, whilst working freelance on children's books and greetings cards. She has exhibited with her good chums Girls Who Draw and Inkygoodness across the UK, and had a jolly good time painting up a totem pole for the Pictoplasma Character Walk exhibition 2011. Kate's first picture book The Great Snortle Hunt , written by Claire Freedman, was longlisted for the 2013 Kate Greenaway Medal. Since then Kate has provided illustrations for picture books including The Littlest Yak , How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth , You Must Bring a Hat, The Same But Different Too and The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland , as well as books for older children like The Royal Rabbits series and The Girl With the Lost Smile by Miranda Hart. Julia Golding is the award-winning author of numerous books for children and adults, including The Diamond of Drury Lane , winner of both the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. A former British diplomat and Oxfam policy adviser, Julia also has a doctorate in English Literature from Oxford University, and was writer-in-residence at the Royal Institution in 2019. Her Jane Austen-themed podcast 'What Would Jane Do?' offers a 19th century take on modern life. Michele Clapton is a BAFTA and Emmy award-winning costume designer who has worked on acclaimed films and television series including The Secret Garden , Game of Thrones and The Crown .