Kathryn White writes for children of all ages and is obsessed with animals. She's published by Little Tiger and Egmont and regularly visits schools and runs interactive workshops. Beast Hunter is her first title for A & C Black.

STELLA MAIDMENT has written story books, puzzle books, activity books and retellings of classics. Her work includes a major updating of Enid Blyton's Noddy stories, and, with a co-author, the creation of a best-selling course for teaching English as a foreign language to primary school children. JOELLE DREIDEMY has drawn and painted for as long as she can