Biographical note

Jan Payne (Author)
Writing is more fun if you live in interesting places. Jan Payne and husband Tony have lived on a houseboat on the Thames - on an island in Scotland and at the moment in a farmhouse in France.

For a while they ran a children's pop-up card company called Payne Family Cards.

For the last few years they have concentrated on writing stories for children. Simple stories like Plummet and The Hippo-NOT-amus for very young children. Funny stories, like Not Again Annie, for children who are a little bit older.

Mike Phillips (Author)
Mike Phillips has been an illustrator for over 25 years and has worked on many children’s books, including the Horrible Histories: Gruesome Guides and the Horrible Geography series. He works in both traditional and digital mediums, fiction, nonfiction, educational, greeting cards and cartoons.