A former science teacher, Nicola Moon has had several picture books and early readers published by Orchard, Heinemann and others. Nicola has two additional titles in the I Am Reading series, Noisy Neighbours and JJ Rabbit and the Monster. She lives in Swindon, Wiltshire. Andy Ellis has illustrated over twenty books for children including titles from Orchard, Puffin and Hodder. For Kingfisher he has written and illustrated I Am Reading: Scaredy Dog! He is married to children's writer Mary Ellis and they live with their young daughter Matilda in Richmond, London.