Kate Slater is a freelance illustrator and designer. She works predominantly in collage and mixed media, although more recently, she's been experimenting with ink too. While Kate mostly illustrates children's books and magazines she has produced work for all sorts of clients, including advertising and editorial, and has a growing business creating her own range of stationery, wrapping paper and homeware.

Joe Fullman is a non-fiction author with more than 60 titles to his name on subjects ranging from geography, history and science to music, cooking and maps. He is based in London.

David Woodroffe is an experienced freelance illustrator and paper engineer living in the United Kingdom who has contributed artwork to a wide range of media companies over the past 30 years, from magazine and book publishers to advertising agencies.

The four models are:
A bald eagle
A barn owl
A bearded vulture
A peregrine falcon