Mary Hoffman is an internationally admired writer of picture book texts, of which Amazing Grace is probably the best-known. She has worked with many artists, including Caroline Binch, Jane Ray, Jackie Morris and Chris Riddell. She lives in Oxfordshire. Ros Asquith is well-known as an illustrator and cartoonist (she drew a weekly cartoon for the Guardian for 20 years). She has published over 90 books for young people including many she has both written and illustrated herself, including the Teenage Worrier and Alien Schoolboy series.