A. A. Milne (Alan Alexander) was born in London in 1882 and educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1902, he was Editor of Granta, magazine, and moved back to London the following year to enter journalism. By 1906, he was Assistant Editor of Punch, a post which he held until the beginning of WWI when he joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He married Dorothy de Selincourt in 1913 and in 1920 had a son, Christopher Robin. By 1924, Milne was a highly successful playwright, and published the first of his four books for children, a set of poems titled When We Were Very Young, which he wrote for his son. This was followed by the storybook Winnie-the-Pooh in 1926, more poems in Now We Are Six (1927) and further stories in The House at Pooh Corner (1928).

In addition to his now famous works, Milne wrote many novels, volumes of essays, light verse, and a well known detective story, The Red House Mystery, all of which attracted great success at the time. He continued to be a prolific writer until his death in 1956. Lauren Hubbert is an artist from the North East of England, specializing in children's book illustration. She completed her BA Hons in Illustration at the Northern School of Art in 2025. She works in bright colours, layered textures, and sketch-like details. In addition to illustrating picture books, Lauren has created art for chapter books, book covers, as well as gift and packaging designs.