Malachy Doyle has over 100 children's books published by leading English, Welsh and Irish publishers, from picture books to teenage fiction. His work has been translated into 27 languages and he is a previous winner of the Tir na n-Og Award, the Nestle Children's BookAward, the English Association Award for Non-Fiction and many other awards in the UK and USA. Malachy is based in County Donegal, Ireland.About the illustrator:Andrew Whitson is an award-winning artist and Belfast native who likes to be called Mr. Ando! He is also the illustrator behind both the Molly and Rita series of books, as well as running his own publishing house, An tSnathaid Mhor.