Ruth Symons is the author of several children's books, including Christmas Lights and the Paper World series. When she's not writing and editing, she loves gardening, hiking, and hosting elaborate teddy bear tea parties with her young daughter. Ruth Symons lives in London. Sebastien Braun is the author and illustrator of many books, including Raj and the Best Day Ever! and Raj and the Best Vacation Ever! , as well as the illustrator of the Can You Say It Too? series and the Baby on Board series. As a child he spent countless hours drawing and filled his homework with doodles and portraits of his teachers. After graduating, he spent a few years teaching art before taking the plunge as a freelance illustrator. Apart from creating pictures, his favorite pastimes are making toys from wood, playing with his children, and riding his vintage road bike through England's Cotswold Hills.