'Jeremy Strong, a former primary headteacher, has been writing for children for many years. He is hugely popular - he won the Children's Book Award for The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog and has been shortlisted for My Mum's Going to Explode. He lives near Bath. Nick Sharratt is a very successful illustrator, known for his bold and humorous picture books, and for his illustration of the novels of Jacqueline Wilson. Nick lives in Brighton.
Strong's books are hugely popular with young children with their breezy, daft exuberance Sunday Times His books crackle with good humour and invention TES King of comedy Guardian His books are preposterously entertaining Observer