In 1936, the year Margaret Mahy was born, only four books for children were published in New Zealand. Mahy has been influential in changing the landscape of children's literature in her homeland - one of the most prolific of authors, she has penned around a hundred titles to date. Her output includes poetry, picture books, works for older children, teenage novels, television scripts and stories for magazines and newspapers. Margaret has donated her royalty for Footsteps through the Fog to the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind. Gavin Bishop is an award winning children's picture book writer and illustrator who lives and works in Christchurch, New Zealand. As author and illustrator of nearly 60 books his work ranges from original stories to retellings of Maori myths, European fairy stories, and nursery rhymes.