Tony Wilson has been a lawyer, and worked in radio and television, winning an Australian documentary series called Race Around the World. He's the author of picture books and novels for children and adults. In 2006, he was named the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian Novelist.

Sue deGennaro received a degree in film, dropped out of art school, and trained as an aerialist / performance artist before working in a circus. Today, she draws full time while sitting at a long bench on a wobbly stool, with her feet firmly on the ground. The illustrator of twenty books, she lives in Australia.