Beastopia: Beastopia

Chrissie Sains grew up in Billericay, Essex, where she spent her childhood seeking adventure and finding trouble. Described by her teachers as having a "lively imagination", Chrissie's escapades include her attempted rescue of the school's pet fish and the discovery of a dead body in a field that turned out to be two tyres under a sheet. She has swum with sharks, scuba-dived shipwrecks and sky-dived from a plane. Chrissie has a background in marketing and events but now writes full time. She is the author of the Jam Factory series and the co-author of I Got This, with Cara Mailey. She lives in Essex with her husband, two bookworms and two rabbits.

Nia Tudor is a Carnegie Medal and Klaus Flugge long-listed children's illustrator living and working along the Welsh coast in South Wales, UK. She enjoys exploring different illustration styles, and creating illustrations that are full of texture and filled with small details. Nia enjoys capturing the fun and energy of everyday life and nature in her work, and has a soft spot for underwater scenes. When she's not drawing, she enjoys talking to her cats, going on family adventures, and reading lots of fantasy books.