Justin loved animals from a very young age, ever since his grandfather used to show him slow worms in the back of his garden. He studied Zoology at the University of London. Since graduating in 1996 Justin has worked making wildlife films with the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol. He was a director / producer on the recent Planet Earth 2 series, which took him from adventures in filming in the Himalaya, to the BAFTAs in London.

Jo Weaver had a career as a support worker in the non-profit sector before retraining as an illustrator. She completed an MA degree in Children’s Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art in 2014, where she discovered a love of working in charcoal. Shortly afterwards she was shortlisted for the Association of Illustrator’s newcomer’s Awards, and has since won the Award Nati per Leggere for her highly-acclaimed debut Little One (Little Tiger).