Em Lynas (Author) Em Lynas is a children's author with a love of silly poetry, magic, dragons and folklore. Em has been a shelf stacker, a shoe shop assistant, a primary school teacher, a mum, an educational publisher and now, an author of funny books. She lives by the seaside on the North East coast with her husband. Chris Naylor-Ballesteros (Illustrator) Chris Naylor-Ballesteros is originally from the North of England but now lives in France with his wife and children. His books have won the English Association's Picture Book Award and have been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and Oscar's Book Prize.