Tracy Darnton is a critically acclaimed YA author and picture book writer. She was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for her debut novel The Truth About Lies, and her first picture book will be published by Simon & Schuster in 2023. Tracy studied law at Cambridge and has worked as a solicitor and lecturer. She graduated with Distinction from the Bath Spa MA Writing for Young People. Tracy won the Stripes YA Short Story Prize, run in partnership with The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize which led to publication in the YA anthology I'll Be Home for Christmas. Her most recent YA thrillers are The Rules and Ready or Not. Tracy lives near Bath in the South West of England with her family. You can follow Tracy on Instagram and Twitter [...]


Irish-born, Bristol-based Yasmeen Ismail is an award-winning author, illustrator and animator. Her first picture book, Time for Bed, Fred, won the V&A Best Illustrated Book Award and The New York Times Best Illustrated Book award. It was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, longlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, and nominated for the National Cartoonists Society “Silver Reuben” Award. Following the success of her debut picture book, Yasmeen has been nominated for her other works many times and has been selected by the Society of Illustrators to have her work shown in the Original Art Exhibition in New York four years in a row.