Ken Wilson-Max (Author) Ken Wilson-Max is an award-winning author, illustrator and publisher of children's books. He was born and raised in Zimbabwe. He trained to be a graphic designer in Zimbabwe before coming to the UK. He now lives in London. In 2020 his book, Astro Girl, won the STEAM award for early years picture books. Where's Lenny? was listed in 50 Best Culturally Diverse Children's Books by The Guardian and Max Paints the House is listed in 150 Important Children's Books by the African American Literature Book Club. Ken has over 70 children's books published by over 15 international publishers in many languages worldwide. Chantelle Thorne (Illustrator) Multi-award winning illustration team Chantelle and Burgen Thorne are eclectic bookworms who delight in the magic of stories.

In the rolling green hills of their rural home in South Africa, they spend their days creating children's book art. and sometimes writing a story or two themselves. As career illustrators, they learned to draw really, really fast and have become deft wielders of the digital brush. They're at their happiest drawing kids' stories with a bit of humor and a ton of animals. Toby Newsome (Illustrator) Toby Newsome is an award-winning illustrator working in Cape Town, South Africa. He has worked for some of the leading publishers and advertising agencies in South Africa and abroad. Toby was selected to take part in the 2017 Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award Exhibition in Shanghai. His book, Grandma's List written by Portia Dery and published by African Bureau won the 2018 Children's Africana Book Award in the USA.