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Smriti Halls is a bestselling, award-winning children's author, published in more than 40 languages worldwide. Her best-loved stories include Rain Before Rainbows, I Love You Night and Day, and her acclaimed series with Steve Small, I'm Sticking With You. Smriti is a former Writer in Residence for BookTrust and is a patron for the School Library Association. South Indian by birth, British by nationality and London-loving at heart, she lives and works near Richmond Park with her husband and three sons.

Ed Eaves graduated from Kingston University with a first class degree in illustration and since then has worked on a wide range of children's books. He is best known for the Albie series with Caryl Hart, including Supermarket Zoo, How to Grow a Dinosaur and Welcome to Alien School. He lives in Kent with his wife, the illustrator Rebecca Finn.