Sam Hay grew up in Scotland in a family of bookworms. She always wanted to be a writer and filled endless notebooks with stories and poems. She trained as a journalist in Edinburgh and went on to work in newspapers for the BBC, before packing it in to move to Wales, have a baby and write her first children's book. ... Read moreSince then she's had more than twenty books published including the Undead Pets series about zombie animals and Screaming Sands, a ghostly trilogy set at the seaside. Katy Jackson is a highly experienced and talented illustrator who works in a mix of media, using pencil and Photoshop. She has worked for clients such as Bloomsbury, Parragon, Pearson, Scholastic, Stripes, Macmillan, OUP and Buster Books. Show Less