Mary Murphy is the author-illustrator of Walker picture book titles How Kind!, Little Owl and the Star, I Kissed the Baby and Utterly Lovely One, as well as Egmont's Little Penguin series. She has also written the first story book title All the Murphys, illustrated by Jessica Ahlberg. Mary lives in Dublin, Ireland.

 Mary Murphy, renowned for her fresh, bold artwork and warm, colourful graphics, has written and illustrated many picture books, including I Kissed the Baby, Utterly Lovely One, A Kiss Like This, Say Hello Like This! and Good Night Like This. Mary has also written two novelty titles, Crocopotamus and Picken – and many Walker Baby board books, including, Quick Duck and Slow Snail. She is the author of What I Like Most, illustrated by Zhu Cheng-Liang. Find her online at marymurphy.ie.
Victoria Ball is a British illustrator and surface designer. She was shortlisted for Best Emerging Illustrator at the 2008 Booktrust Early Years awards, won the Best Cute Range award at The Henries in 2009 and was nominated for Best Art Range that same year. Past clients include, The Sunday Times Style, Whittard of Chelsea, Glamour magazine, Storck, Usborne, The Children’s company for Children’s ITV, Museum of London, Little Tiger Press, to name a few. Find her online at www.victoria-ball.co.uk and on Instagram as victoriaball_.