Steve Barlow (Author) As 50% of the 2Steves, Steve Barlow has written over 250 books with Steve Skidmore since they first appeared in 1988. Born in Crewe, he was educated at Crewe Grammar School, Warwick University and Nottingham University before a varied career in teaching, acting, stage management and puppetry. He worked in a village school in Botswana for four years before returning to the UK. The Two Steves have toured extensively in the UK and overseas, and to book festivals including Edinburgh and Hay.Steve Skidmore (Author) Steve Skidmore writes with Steve Barlow as Britain's most popular comedy writing and performing double act for young people - The 2 Steves! He was born in Birstall near Leicester. He went to Nottingham University to read English, but spent most of his time playing sport and doing a variety of jobs including counting pastry pie lids. He trained as a teacher of Drama, English and Film, before teaming up with Steve Barlow as a full-time author. He lives in Leicester and is a great rugby fan (Come on you Tiiigeeers!).Le Nhat Vu (Illustrator) Nhat Vu is a freelance illustrator who was born and brought up in Nha Trang City, a beautiful seaside city in Vietnam. He loves drawing stories and taught himself to draw by studying art documents and other artists' works.The first thing that lead him to become an illustrator was manga. In the childhood, he read so many mangas (Japanese comics) and tried to draw them by himself. Outside the artistic field, Nhat Vu loves watching and playing football, reading novels, watching films and listening to old pop songs. His goal is to make illustrated stories loved by everyone in Vietnam and in the world!