Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best loved writers for children, with sales of over 35 million copies. He has written over 150 books, has served as Children's Laureate, and has won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Writers Guild Award, the Whitbread Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Eleanor Farjeon Lifetime Achievement Award. With his wife, Clare, he is the co-founder of Farms for City Children.
Michael was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.
Shoo Rayner has written over a hundred and fifty children's books, and has also illustrated for other authors, including Michael Morpurgo and Michael Rosen.