Lois Rock has established an international reputation as a children's writer. Specialising in Bible stories, prayer books, and information books, her books have been translated into over 30 languages with sales approaching 4 million copies. She draws on her experience as a mother of three, and as a leader of church children's groups. Anna Leplar is half-American and half-Icelandic and was educated in England, studying illustration at the Ruskin School in Oxford. She has taught illustration in Iceland and now works there as a book designer. She has illustrated a wide range of fiction as well as picture books, and is currently working on a very prestigious commission for the Folio Society, Illustrating ANNE OF GREEN GABLES. She is married to a painter, has two children and lives in Reykjavik.