Lyn Gardner was a founder member of the City Limits cooperative where she edited the theatre section, before joining The Guardian. She has written several children's books including the very successful Olivia books (Nosy Crow). This is her second book for Piccadilly. She lives in Richmond with her partner and two daughters. Ros Asquith started out as a photographer, and became a theatre critic for Time Out, City Limits and The Observer before emerging as a cartoonist. She draws regularly for The Guardian. The first book in the popular Alien Schoolboy series was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, and The Great Big Book of Families, which she illustrated, won the SLA information Book Award 2011. She lives in north London with her jazz critic husband.