Mark Grist

An ex-teacher, Mark Grist is now a multi-award-winning poet and international battle rapper with over 4 million views for his poetry & rap videos online. He has been honoured in two categories at the Webby Awards, won two Lovie Awards for his poetry online and toured hundreds of schools around the world. Recently, Mark's work has appeared on BBC1, ITV, BBC Teach, Channel 4 and BBC 6 music. As well as writing picture books for Bloomsbury, Mark is working on a second series of his hit podcastMark Can't Rap', which is backed by Arts Council England & National Centre for Writing. He lives in Peterborough. Chris Jevons studied art and design at college, and 3D animation at university. He then worked as a graphic designer, animator and illustrator before moving into children's book illustration. Chris has a passion for character design and storytelling, and his books include Goldilocks in Space, My Daddy is Hilarious and 11 Bums. He lives and works in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.