Smriti Prasadam-Halls has been a children's writer and editor for more than ten years and has written several children's books, including the bestselling Jingle Jangle Jungle, illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Smriti lives in Richmond-upon-Thames. www.smriti.co.uk
Alison Brown is Emerita Professor of Italian Renaissance History at the University of London, Royal Holloway.