Anne Booth has always wanted to be a children's writer, but on the way to becoming one has worked in many jobs. Anne lives in a lovely village with her husband and four children- and the children's grandfather across the road. They have two hens called Poppy and Anastasia and two dogs called Timmy and Ben. Anne loves tea and once won a Blue Peter badge for writing a poem about two mice in a bucket of rice. Despite this, she does not own any mice. Rosalind Beardshaw loves creating new characters, especially if they can be based loosely/wholly on her shaggy lurcher Basil. She lives with her partner Al, daughter Iris, and young son Freddie, who loves watching Calamity Jane. Who knows what Doris Day's influence will be...?