Yasmeen Ismail is an award-winning illustrator and animator who has a love of inks, paints and watercolours. She has won The New York Times' Best Illustrated Book Award and the V&A Best Illustrated Book Award and been longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Her previous books for Walker include Kiki & Bobo's Birthday Surprise and Kiki & Bobo's Sunny Day. Yasmeen is originally from Ireland, but now lives in Bristol. Jenni Desmond is an illustrator, artist and picture book author, working from a studio in a rattling railway arch in east London. She graduated with distinction from the Masters in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art (APU). Her first picture book won the Cambridgeshire "Read it Again" Picture Book award 2013. Her most recent book for Walker is On the Night of the Shooting Star, written by Amy Hest. Jenni lives in London, N16. Visit Jenni's website: www.jennidesmond.com