Sarah Speedie lives in beautiful beachside Melbourne with her husband, two children and their bulldog. After working with numbers for way too many years, following the birth of her two children, Sarah re-discovered her childhood love of writing. She has a particular passion for stories that make you giggle, and when she isn't lost in a sea of words working on a new story, she can usually be found dreaming up her next big idea. Marina Verola was born in the city of Kamyshin, Russia, where she graduated from art school as an artist-painter. Now living in Moscow with her family, Marina has spent the last three years professionally engaged as an illustrator. Marina loves to illustrate with humor and emotion and says that her daughter is her greatest inspiration and her husband, her greatest supporter.