Struan Murray (Author) Struan Murray is Scottish and grew up in Edinburgh, the youngest of a large, rowdy family of redheads. His debut novel, Orphans of the Tide , won the prestigious Branford Boase Award, and was included in the Guardian 's 'Best children's books of 2020', while the first book in his latest series, Dragonborn , was a New York Times bestseller. When he's not writing, Struan is a lecturer at the University of Oxford. Manuel Sumberac (Illustrator) Manuel Sumberac was born in 1988 in Pula, Croatia. He obtained a Masters in Animation and New Media from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. He is a member of Filmmakers Association of Croatia. Manuel works in the fields of animation and illustration to produce animated films, music videos, children's books and book covers. He has received numerous awards for his work.