Paul Cookson was brought up near Preston, Lancs, and nowlives in Retford, Notts, where he is the official Town Crier. He has worked asa poet for more than three decades, performing in schools, libraries and atliterature festivals across the world. He is a National Reading Heroaward-winner, a National Poetry Day Ambassador, Poet-in-Residence for theNational Football Museum and Everton in the Community, and Writer-in-Residencefor Let's Go Sing - whilst the band Slade have proclaimed him their very own PoetLaureate. He has more than 60 published titles to his name with over onemillion book sales - including the 'teacher's Bible' The Works (Macmillan).Award-winning writer, designer, illustrator, and performerDr Martin Chatterton has been working successfully for over thirty years in avariety of media and design fields in the UK, USA, and Australia. He haswritten 40 books across a wide range of ages and genres, from picture books tocrime fiction, and has illustrated countless books for a raft of prestigiouswriters. In recent years he has concentrated on screenwriting, animation, andscreen production. Martin is a founding partner of Hungry Head Productions inthe UK and co-producer of the animated children's series Bluenoses. He lives inSydney, Australia.
