Lisa Edwards is an author, editor and former publisher of children’s books. Across her 25-year career, she published many award-winning and bestselling titles, including Stick Man by Julia Donaldson, the Tom Gates series, His Dark Materials, The Hunger Games and Horrible Histories.

Lisa and her teams have won many prestigious awards including the Carnegie and Greenaway Medals, the Waterstones Prize, the Costa Book Award, the Blue Peter Book Award, the Royal Society Prize and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize (now the Lollies).

Siân Roberts

Siân is an illustrator based in Surrey, UK. She developed her love for children’s illustration whilst at the Arts University Bournemouth and graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Illustration in 2018. She works digitally to create colourful worlds whilst having fun exploring characters and narratives.