Award-winning author Stella Blackstone has written many of Barefoot's best-selling titles, including the Bear series and the Cleo the Cat series. She has been writing for children for over twenty years. Stella lives in Somerset, UK.

Clare Beaton has gained international recognition for her distinctive collages: she hand sews her illustrations using felt, vintage fabrics, buttons and sequins -- whatever she can find that can be reused and given a new life. She is an award-winning children's writer and illustrator who lives and works in North London, UK.