Patricia Lynch was born in Cork and became the author of some 48 novels and 200 short stories. She was arguably the finest children's writer Ireland has ever produced. Sara Baker lives in Baltimore in West Cork. She has been illustrating for as long as she can remember and was shortlisted for the 2008 Original Voices Children's Picture Book Award. She was the winner of Mercier's 'Search for an Illustrator' competition to illustrate this book.