Elizabeth Laird is the multi-award-winning author of many much-loved children's books. She has been shortlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal for Jake's Tower, Red Sky in the Morning, Secret Friends, A Little Piece of Ground, The Garbage King and The Fastest Boy in the World. She lives in Britain now, but still likes to travel as much as she can.
Hanane Kai is based in her home studio in the mountains of Lebanon. She works mostly in the publishing industry for clients ranging from Facebook, Pearson, INC, BBC, to independent publishers in the Arab region and world wide. She is especially attuned to the role of emotion in communicating. Her areas of expertise include creative formats for publishing, visualizing sensitive topics for children, designing and illustrating educational curricula, and humanitarian storytelling.