Maeve Friel was born in Northern Ireland and went to university in Dublin. After many years working and travelling in Spain, Italy and England, she now lives in a small village near Alicante (Spain). She has a son and a daughter.
Nathan Reed graduated from Salmouth College of Art in 2000. He has illustrated children's books for Puffin and HarperCollins as well as for Macmillan and Campbell Books. Nathan lives in London.