Katie Dale had her first poem 'The Fate of The School Hamster' published in The Cadbury's Book of Children's Poetry, aged 8 and hasn't stopped writing since. On graduating, she went travelling through South-East Asia - only to discover whilst in a Vietnam internet cafe that she was a winner of the SCBWI 2008 Undiscovered Voices competition.
Charlie Alder is particularly well-known for her young and tween girl book cover design and illustrations.
Before that, she was Art Director for a popular women's weekly magazine.