Liz Flanagan is an award-winning author who writes for children and young adults. Her books include Dragon Daughter, Rise of the Shadow Dragons, The Pirate's Dragon and Eden Summer (nominated for the Carnegie Medal) .


Joe Todd-Stanton grew up in Brighton and received a first-class degree in Illustration from UWE Bristol. He is the author and illustrator of The Secret of Black Rock (Flying Eye Books), which won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018 (illustrated category), was longlisted for the 2018 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and won the Carnegie Shadowers’ Choice Awards for Illustration 2023.