Sharna Jackson has written five books including Tate Kids British Art Activity Book, Tate Kids Modern Art Activity Book and High Rise Mystery - the first in a middle-grade series featuring the sibling detective duo everyone's dying to meet. She was named one of The Booksellers Rising Stars in 2013. In 2020 her whodunit High Rise Mystery won the Younger Fiction category of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Sharna was born and raised in Luton and currently lives in Rotterdam on a ship built in 1897.

Andrea Pippins is an illustrator and author who has a passion for creating images that reflect what she wants to see in art, media, and design. Her work has been featured in Essence Magazine, The New York Times, and O: The Oprah Magazine. She has worked with brands such as Bloomberg, Broadly, ESPN, The High Line, Lenny Letter, Lincoln Center, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Andrea is the author of: I Love My Hair; Becoming Me; and We Inspire Me. She also illustrated Young Gifted and Black and Step Into Your Power. Andrea is based in Stockholm.