Duncan Ball is the author of many books of children’s fiction, including the multi-award-winning Selby and Emily Eyefinger series, various picture books, five novels, a book of plays and a collection of funny poetry, My Sister Has a Big Black Beard. Duncan lives in Sydney. Kerry Millard was born in Ottawa, Canada and has lived in Australia for over 30 years. She accidentally fell into cartooning and has been a cartoonist since 1986, drawing for numerous publications, including the Sydney Morning Herald. She won Best Single Gag cartoon artist at the Australian Cartoonist's Association awards in 1995 and again in 1999. Kerry has illustrated over a dozen children's books, and is a regular illustrator for The School Magazine. She currently lives in Sydney's northern suburbs with whoever of her three daughters is around, a dog, a duck and two hens who wander about in her kitchen!