Candy Gourlay was born in the Philippines and grew up under the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. She worked as a journalist before moving to the UK, where she pursued her dream of becoming an author. Her books include TALL STORY, SHINE and BONE TALK and she has been shortlisted for numerous awards including the Carnegie Medal, the Blue Peter Award, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Costa Children's Book Award. Carles Ballesteros is a Spanish-born illustrator living and working in Santiago, Chile. He always works listening to music, and if he wasn't an illustrator he would love to be a musician. Carles likes to escape to nature whenever he can, and gardening is one of his favourite pastimes.