Susan Hill CBE has been a professional writer for more than fifty years. Her books have won awards and prizes including the Whitbread and the John Llewellyn Rhys and the Somerset Maugham; and have been shortlisted for the Booker. Susan's writing career has encompassed acclaimed literary novels, ghost stories, children's books, detective novels and memoirs. The Woman in Black, her terrifying ghost story, is still running as a play in the West End and is now a successful film. Susan was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire; attended King's College, London; settled in North Norfolk; and most recently moved to Portland, OR. She is married with two daughters.

Teresa Martinez grew up in a small town north of Mexico, playing in the river, walking with the cows, and feeding the neighbor's pigs. Before becoming a children's book illustrator, she studied graphic design and spent many afternoons reading art books in the university library. She lives in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.