Mick Manning and Brita Granström have pioneered their unique approach to picture book non-fiction since 1993. Their awards include: the Smarties Silver Award, five English Association Award, five Royal Society Junior Science Book prizes and two Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award nominations. In 2020 they won the SLA/Hachette awared for Outstanding Contribution to Information Books. Their other books for Otter-Barry Books include Books! Books! Books!: Explore inside the Greatest Library on Earth and Women Who Led the Way: Great Explorers and Adventurers. They live in the Scottish borders.