Sue Graves has been a freelance children's author for more than 17 years. She has written over two hundred books for children from pre-school up to 15+ years. She writes fiction and non-fiction, plays and poetry across the age ranges. Sue loves reading all sorts of books and is at her happiest when she has a book in her hand. She also loves painting in watercolours, playing tennis and badminton and going for long walks in the country with her husband and children.Irene is an illustrator who lives in Sicily. When she's not illustrating books for publishing houses, she enjoys playing sport and going on long walks (usually not less than one hour and a half!), baking cakes and taking pics of them (and drawing them too!).