Georghia Ellinas, a former English teacher, has focused on working with teachers across the UK and the world for the last thirty years. She has written several books about teaching Shakespeare and, in her role as Head of Learning at Shakespeare's Globe, was responsible for creating programs to make Shakespeare accessible and relevant to children of all ages. She retold Shakespeare's The Tempest, also illustrated by Jane Ray. Georghia Ellinas lives in the south of England.

Jane Ray, one of the world's foremost contemporary children's book illustrators, has been nominated six times for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Her many books include Twelve Days of Christmas, Hummingbird, and The Tempest, also retold by Georghia Ellinas. She lives in London.