Tanya Landman runs Storybox Theatre, a touring puppet theatre for children, with her husband Rod Burnett. She is the author of junior novels Waking Merlin, Merlin's Apprentice, The World's Bellybutton and The Kraken Snores as well as ten Poppy Fields murder mysteries and also, for younger children, the Flotsam and Jetsam series. In addition, Tanya has written three critically acclaimed novels for teenagers, Apache, The Goldsmith's Daughter and Buffalo Soldier - the last of which won the prestigious Carnegie Medal. Tanya has two sons and lives in Bideford, Devon. Ross Collins is an acclaimed author and illustrator, winner of the 1994 Macmillan Prize for Illustration. His popular children's titles include Germs, The Three Grumpies by Tamra Wright and the Little Hero series by John Grant. He lives in Glasgow.