Malachy Doyle is the hugely popular author of Digger and Lew, Big Pig and Teddybear Blue. His first teenage novel, Georgie, won the Tir na n-Og prize and his picture book Cow won an English Association Award for non-fiction. He also won the 2002 White Raven Award for Hungry! Hungry! Hungry! and his title The Dancing Tiger was shortlisted for the Nestle Children's Book Award in 2005. He lives with his family (and his cat, dog, ducks and hens) in Kincasslagh, Co. Donegal, Ireland. www.malachydoyle.com Ed Vere has been writing and illustrating children's books since 1999. His 2007 picture book Banana earned him a nomination for the Kate Greenaway Medal, and his pop-up book Chick won the Book Trust Early Years Baby Book Award in 2009. His most recent picture book, Bedtime for Monsters, was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Too Noisy! is his first book on the Walker list. He lives in London, E2.