Elementals: Maali Dives to the Rescue

Love Ssega (Author) Love Ssega is a musician, producer and performing artist of Ugandan heritage, creating work that blurs the lines of civic engagement, understanding, activism and hope. Justice and climate activism weaves through his work. He is Associate Artist at the Southbank Centre 2024-2027. He has had work commissioned by the National Gallery, Royal Shakespeare Company, Serpentine and Whitechapel Gallery amongst others, was the Philharmonia Orchestra's Artist in Residence for 2022-23, and was a featured co-writer for the Southbank's?Imagine a Story?project, as chosen by lead author Sita Brahmachari.Erika Meza (Illustrator) Erika was born in Mexico and developed a taste for eclairs in Paris before moving to the UK to teach drawing. She won a scholarship to study in L'École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. Her picture book To The Other Side won the Diverse Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal, the Jhalek Prize, the Inclusive Books for Children Award and the Little Rebels Award, and selected by Empathy Lab for The 2024 Read for Empathy Collection.