Authors and illustrators

Maxine was born in Liverpool, Merseyside where she still lives with her partner and their two fantastic boys. After gaining an HND in Multimedia Arts and a BA Honours in Digital Arts in 2004, she went on to teach a range of creative subjects before taking a step back to concentrate on her freelance career as an author/illustrator. Unable to let go of college life, she also works part-time as a technician in a brilliant and busy art department in St. Helens. In her spare time, Maxine enjoys doing anything except keeping still.

Mark spent his childhood drawing, playing football till dark, and reading Marvel superhero comics. He didn’t make it as a footballer or superhero, so he became the next best thing: a writer and illustrator of children’s books. Mark lives in Warwickshire with his wife and his two little superheroes, who happily play football till dark with their dad!

Matt Buckingham was born in Cheshire and grew up in the countryside. He studied Illustration at Loughborough University and went on to work as a freelance illustrator. Since then he has continued to invent stories and draw the kinds of pictures that he would have loved to have seen when he was growing up. Matt now lives in London and works as a full-time illustrator.

Matt Saunders is an illustrator, magician and animator based in London. His work is versatile and ever evolving, ranging from children’s books to designs for musicians. He enjoys creating unique images and solving visual problems.

Maxime Lebrun always loved to draw and colour as a kid, watching clouds through the windows at school and drawing dinosaurs in his school books till he studied youth illustration and animation for a degree in Epinal, France. He’s been working as a freelance illustrator for the past couple of years while living in London. He loves telling stories in his images, and playing with light and colours.