Stephen Russell is a new author, from Newtownards, a small market town in County Down, Northern Ireland. He has had a love of books and storytelling since childhood. This was inspired by the bedtime stories read by his parents. He has a 23-year-old son who has a Master’s degree in English.

Sara Floyd is an illustrator who has had a passion for art since she was a little girl. She grew up in an RAF background with her younger brother, where her father was an aircraft engineer and her mother a hairdresser. Sara lives in Wiltshire with her husband and three children.