Felice Arena is one of Australia's best-loved children's writers. He is the author and creator of many popular and award-winning children's books for all ages, including the acclaimed historical adventures The Boy and the Spy, Fearless Frederic and A Great Escape, the bestselling Specky Magee books, a cheeky read-aloud picture-book Poo and Other Words that Make Me Laugh, and the popular Andy Roid and Sporty Kids series. Beatrice Cerocchi is an illustrator and architect based in Rome, Italy. She has been awarded the 2017 AOI World Illustration award and the 2018 Bologna Children's Book Fair award.