Eric Pringle has written many plays for radio and television, including Doctor Who, and he has done dramatisations of Thomas Hardy, Joan Aiken and H.E. Bates for Radio 4. This is his third children's book for Bloomsbury. Eric lives in Ledbury, Herefordshire.

Colin Paine's books for Bloomsbury include the picture books Arthur's Tractor and Georgie and the Dragon and the poetry anthology Werewolf Granny. Colin lives in Worthing, West Sussex.