Libby Hathorn is an award winning poet and author of more than fifty books for children and young people, as well as books for adults. Translated into several languages and adapted for stage and screen, her work has won honours in Australia, United States, Great Britain and Holland. Tamsin Ainslie was born and educated in the UK, travelled extensively through my teenage years and early twenties before settling in Murwillumbah, Northern NSW, with her partner John and daughters Olympia and Matilda. She works from her home based studio where she spends most of her time illustrating children's books, designing book covers, drawing, painting and printmaking.