Peter Bently is the author of many books for young readers, including King Jack and the Dragon, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, which the New York Times called тАЬat once contemporary and classic.тАЭ His Cats Ahoy! received the Roald Dahl Funny Prize in his native England. Peter lives in Devon, England, with his wife and two children.
Simon Rickerty wrote and illustrated Crayon and The Peanut, and he also illustrated I DonтАЩt Want to Be a Pea and I Am Not a Copycat! He has a degree in art and design from the London College of Communication and earned a masterтАЩs degree in illustration at the Royal College of Art. He lives in rural Bedfordshire, UK.