ANDREA SKEVINGTON studied English at Cambridge University and now lives in Suffolk with her husband. They have two grown children. She has told stories to children in schools and churches over many years and runs retreats and creative writing workshops for adults. She writes and blogs poetry. She loves wildlife, and a fox, a badger and a deer visit her garden. She has an informal tree exchange in her drive. The Little Christmas Tree is her first book. Her The Lion Classic Bible won the Ultimate Christian Library Award 2012, and she has been Highly Commended in the Crabbe Memorial Poetry Award. LORNA HUSSEY lives in Shropshire with her husband, three children, pet dog and horse. She has been illustrating children's books for over ten years.