Biographical note

Matt Ralphs (Author)
Matt Ralphs worked as an editor for many years, and now writes children's non-fiction and middle grade fiction, often with a focus on history, myths and folklore. His dark adventure novels Fire Girl and Fire Witch were published by Macmillan Children's Books. He currently has non-fiction projects in development with Nosy Crow and Bonnier. He lives on the Grand Union Canal on a boat called Nostromo.

Taylor Dolan (Illustrator)
Taylor Dolan was born into a house of stories and raised in Texas. Her mother used to read to her every night, and together they made their way through the worlds of Narnia, Oz and many more. Taylor attended the Cambridge School of Art for her Master's Degree in Children's Book Illustration. She now lives in Arkansas, while using her imagination to pretend she still lives in Cambridge. She works as a full time illustrator and author on all sorts of exciting projects from re-illustrating classics like The Phantom of the Opera (The Folio Society) to writing and illustrating her own series, 'Ghoul Scouts' (Guppy Books).