Yvonne Morrison is the best-selling author of A Kiwi Night Before Christmas and several other Scholastic titles. Yvonne and her husband recently moved back to Napier after a time living in Auckland where they had been training as zoo keepers. Jenny Cooper's work includes Shut the Gate which sold internationally, the junior novel The Mad Tadpole Adventure (shortlisted for 2008 NZ Post awards) and ella and ob, to name but a few. Her style is warm and friendly, using a watercolour wash and a lovely sense of humour.