Amanda Wood was the founding Editor and Publisher of Templar for more than 30 years. In her time there, she published and nurtured numerous Greenaway winners and edited and created groundbreaking series such as The Ologies, which has sold over 19 million-copies worldwide. Today she writes and runs her own small press from her home in Surrey.

Juliana Oakley is an illustrator in love with colour. Ever since early childhood she was drawing and scribbling on everything she could get her hands on; albums, wallpaper and books to mention a few. Now her art is contemporary in style but with a bit of nostalgia, often childlike with a touch of humour and mystery. She draws her inspiration from her family, from travels, from nature and childhood memories. Her illustrations often start from pencil sketches and are then finished digitally.