Malcolm Frederick is an actor, writer and producer, perhaps best known as the writer of the television sketch and stand-up comedy series Get Up, Stand Up, which he also produced and performed in. With the Carib Theatre Company he has worked with the Nottingham Playhouse on Sweet Inspiration, a celebration of Caribbean words and music from the 50s and 60s. He currently lives in London.
Prodeepta Das was born in Cuttack, in eastern India. He is a freelance photographer and author whose pictures have been published in over 20 children's books. In 1991 Inside India, which he also wrote, won the Commonwealth Photographer's Award. Prodeepta's books for Frances Lincoln are P is for Pakistan, Prita Goes to India, K is for Korea, We are Britain!, Geeta's Day, I is for India, J is for Jamaica, Kamal Goes to Trinidad, P is for Poland, T is for Turkey, S is for South Africa, R is for Russia and B is for Bangladesh.