Amanda Cartwright was born in Leicestershire in 1968, she eventually ended up living most of her adult life in Bavaria, Germany where she taught English in a German primary school. She studied with the Open University and has a BA Honours in Humanities with Classical Studies. Now she has returned to the UK and lives in her husband's home town of Penistone, South Yorkshire. I CAN is her second illustrated children's book. Edo Fuijkschot has worked as a children's and comic book illustrator, storyboard artist and animator on four continents, and continues to draw anything that comes his way, or stands in his way. I CAN is his second book in partnership with author Amanda Cartwright.