Carol Chataway was born in Southall England in 1955 and came to Australia in 1963. She has worked as a school assistant with the South Australian Department of Education and Children's Services since 1975. She began writing in 1996 as part of her Bachelor of Arts degree at Flinders University, graduating with Honours in Creative Writing in 2006. Her published works include The Perfect Pet (Working Title Press, 2001), Wings (Lothian, 2004) and Edwina Sparrow, Girl of Destiny (Lothian, 2007). She lives in the Adelaide Hills with husband Richard, three grown up sons, and a magnificent Labrador. Danny Snell grew up in Adelaide, and trained at the Central School of Art and the University of South Australia before graduating with a Bachelor of Design (Illustration) in 1992. His first major picture book Whose Tail Is That?, written by Christine Nicholls, was shortlisted the following year for the Children's Book Council's Crichton Award for first time children's book illustrators. His second book, the best selling Bilby Moon written by Margaret Spurling, was nominated as a Notable Book for 2001 and shortlisted for the 2001 Kids Own Australian Literature Award (KOALA). Since then he has illustrated as well as The Long Way Home by Emily Rodda, Scary Bear by Tania Cox and Seadragon Sea, also written by Margaret Spurling and Crocodile River by Diana Lawrenson. He lives in Adelaide with his partner Louise and his two daughters, Leilani and Daisy.