Anna Nilsen

Anna Nilsen is an international award winning children's author, illustrator and games devisor with 24 awards and over 100 publications. She has specialised in interactive concepts combining fun and education. She was raised in Switzerland and on her return trained at Edinburgh College of Art. She has taught all ages and was Head of Natural History Illustration at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design before moving to Cambridge as Head of Graphic Arts and Illustration. She was invited by Walker Books to develop children's puzzle books in 1990 and discovered a new and very successful career. She has gone on to work with international publishers around the world both writing and illustrating many successful titles, jigsaw puzzles, electronic games and board games. She now produces a wide range of Public Art Works.

Dave Smith is an illustrator (or "Professional Doodler" to his friends) and enjoys drawing things that make him, and other people, laugh. He also plays the drums, strums a guitar (pretty badly), and has an unhealthy enthusiasm for elderly German campervans. When colouring-in he never goes over the lines. Well, almost never... He lives and works in Devon, with his two children and a nutty Spaniel.