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Agnes Monod-Gayraud is a translator and children’s author specialising in non-fiction. She received the 2016 Best Scientific Writing Award from the UK’s Society of Authors for The Book of Bees. In addition to her literary work, she serves as a language editor for the academic journal Astronomy & Astrophysics at the Paris Observatory. Agnes holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from New York University and an M.A. in American Cultural Studies from the University of Warsaw. A native New Yorker, she now resides in London with her family.

Elin Manon is a freelance illustrator from Wales, now based in Cornwall after graduating from Falmouth University in 2020. Her work is inspired by the natural world, ecology, folklore and anthropology. A passion for storytelling and the celebration and protection of our natural world has been a constant drive within her work and creative process.