James A. Brundage is Ahmanson-Murphy Distinguished Professor of History emeritus at the University of Kansas. He is the author of numerous books on medieval history, including The Crusades, Medieval Canon Law,and Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe.
Elizabeth Laird is the multi-award-winning author of several much-loved children's books. She has been shortlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal five times. She lives in Britain now, but still likes to travel as much as she can.Rod Campbell was born on May 4, 1945 in Scotland. He was brought up in Zimbabwe and returned to Britain where he completed a doctorate in organic chemistry. In 1980 he became involved in children's publishing where he began designing innovative books with interactive elements and repetitive phrases.In 1987 he founded Campbell Blackie Books in partnership with his publisher Blackie. Campbell's most famous work is Dear Zoo, first published in 1982. Enormously… popular among the under 5s in Britain, it has been translated into several languages and published in a number of formats. In 2014 his title, Dear Zoo: From the Zoo, made The New York Times Best Seller List.