Kyle Mewburn hails from Brisbane originally, but now lives in Millers Flat, Central Otago and has written a number of picture books for Scholastic: Kiss, Kiss, Yuck! Yuck!, The Hoppleplop, No Room for a Mouse, Old Hu-Hu, and Duck's Stuck. Michaela Sangl is a New Zealander of German/ Irish/ Scottish descent. She financed her honours degree in architecture at Auckland University, New Zealand with singing and drama. Michaela is fluent in English, German and Italian and for the past few years, she has been working as an illustrator of children's books.