Samantha Baines is an award-wining comedian, author, actress, broadcaster and hearing aid wearer. Her debut book for children, Harriet Versus the Galaxy, was listed in the Independent's Best Children's Books of the Year 2019 and in BookTrust's Great Book Guide 2020. Samantha has acted in The Crown, Call the Midwife and Silent Witness, and has written for the Guardian, Time Out and Huffington Post. She has presented on BBC Radio London and Virgin Radio, and hosts 'The Divorce Club' podcast. Samantha is an Ambassador for the Royal National Institute for Deaf people and former Ambassador for the British Tinnitus Association. Follow Samantha on Twitter @samanthabaines.

Lucy Rogers is a deaf freelance illustrator, and was shortlisted for the Penguin Student Design Award of 2019 for her book cover of Wonder. Lucy has also illustrated a book called The Quest for the Cockle Implant, published by the National Deaf Children's Society, which was translated into British Sign Language on ITV Signed Stories.