Tom Whipple is the Science Editor at the Times and a feature writer for Scoop magazine - in the course of his job, he has reported from the inside of the world's hottest sauna and the top of Mount Everest. His book How to Win Games and Beat People was published by Random House in 2015; his wife has stopped playing Scrabble with him because, she claims, Tom is too competitive ... and has learnt all the two letter words. Follow him on Twitter under the handle @whippletom.
James Davies is an illustrator and author from Wales, now living in Bristol. He has a uniquely bold, graphic style, influenced by old cartoons and retro picture books, and is the author and illustrator of the best-selling Meet the... series (Templar). This is his first book for Walker.