Mick Jackson is an author and director from Lancashire, who now lives in Brighton. He studied drama and was a singer in a band, before enrolling on the Creative Writing MA at the University of East Anglia. His first novel, The Underground Man, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award and won the Royal Society of Authors’ First Novel Award. He has since written three more novels, a novella and a collection of stories. He is also the author of two picture books: While You're Sleeping and Ella May Does It Her Way. Find Mick online at mickjackson.com and on Twitter as @mickwriter. Victoria Ball is a British illustrator and surface designer. She was shortlisted for Best Emerging Illustrator at the 2008 Booktrust Early Years awards, won the Best Cute Range award at The Henries in 2009 and was nominated for Best Art Range that same year. She lives in Frome with her illustrator husband and their children. Victoria is the illustrator of Look, Puppy!, written by Mary Murphy. Find her online at victoria-ball.co.uk and on Instagram as @victoriaball_.