Tony Mitton is a highly-respected poet, and has written many titles for children, including the picture books illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees: Bumpus Jumpus Dinosaurumpus!, Down by the Cool of the Pool, Spookyrumpus (winner of the Sheffield Book Prize, the Dundee Book Award and the Portsmouth Book Award) Come to Tea on Planet Zum-Zee, as well as the bestselling, hugely popular All Afloat on Noah's Boat for Orchard. Tony also won the Smarties Prize. He spends his time writing, giving poetry performances and visiting primary schools. Tony lives in Cambridge.

Sarah Warburton is an established artist whose most recent illustrations in the Rumblewick series (written by Hiawyn Oram for Orchard Books) are proving to be a hit worldwide. She has an uncanny ability to capture huge amounts of humour and detail in her work which made her the perfect choice to illustrate Sir Laughalot. Sarah lives in Bristol.