James Antoniou is a Melbourne-based writer. He writes for both children and adults. For several years he worked for The Children's Bookshow, a UK-based theatre tour of children's writers and illustrators, which inspired him to write his own picture books. Nikki Slade Robinson has illustrated over sixty children's books and readers, including several for Duck Creek Press that she has written and illustrated, including the award-winning Muddle & Mo series and The little Kiwi series.