In fairy tales we often find that stepmothers are so unkind. But listen, folks, that's just not true - here's a different tale for you...

Katie Dale had her first poem 'The Fate of The School Hamster' published in The Cadbury's Book of Children's Poetry, aged 8 and hasn't stopped writing since. On graduating, she went travelling through South-East Asia - only to discover whilst in a Vietnam internet cafe that she was a winner of the SCBWI 2008 Undiscovered Voices competition. After completing his degree at Loughborough and his MA in Illustration at Falmouth, Matt Buckingham moved to London and established himself as a successful children's book author and illustrator. He now lives in the Cheshire countryside with his wife, two children and two naughty dogs.