Brigitte Luciani was born in Hanover and now lives in France with her husband and three young daughters. How Will We Get to the Beach? is her first picture book for North-South. Eve Tharlet lives in Brittany with her young family. She was born in France, but spent her childhood in Germany. She studied art in Strasbourg. Her rise to fame in Germany came rapidly following the publication of her picture book Dizzy from Fools in 1985. Since then she has completed at least one book a year (mostly fairy tales), full of feisty little characters and unusual perspectives that are so popular with children.