Simon Puttock (Author) Simon Puttock had a peripatetic childhood, and he now likes to sit tight. He lives in Edinburgh, so there are mountains of things to see and do on his doorstep. Simon studied English Literature at Newcastle University, has written several picture books, and hopes to write 'just the right number . . . Whatever that turns out to be.' He has won the Highland Book Award and the Royal Mail Scottish Children's Book Award.Nadia Shireen (Illustrator) Nadia Shireen, the illustrator of The Baby That Roared, studied law and worked as a music journalist before following what she always felt to be her destiny through an MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art. Nadia has been shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.