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. Vivienne To (Illustrator) Vivienne To is an illustrator and visual development artist. She has worked across feature films, television, commercials and children's publishing. She created concept art for animated movies such as The Lego Movie and Legend of the Guardians- The Owls of Ga'Hoole and was the art director on The Lego Batman Movie . She has illustrated several picture books including The Sloth Who Came To Stay , written by Margaret Wild, which was short-listed for the CBCA Award for New Illustrator. Vivienne was born in Melbourne, grew up in Sydney and lives in Wellington, New Zealand.

When she isn't drawing, she can be found knitting on the couch, watching cute dogs at the local park or lost in the pages of a good book.