N. GRIFFIN is the author of the Smashie McPerter series, as well as
The Whole Stupid Way We Are, for which she was named a
Publishers Weekly Flying Start author. Her other books include
Just Wreck It All and
Trigger. She received her MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Kate Hindley is a children's book illustrator living and working in the U.K. She worked as a print designer before illustrating her first book, Claire Freedman's
The Great Snortle Hunt, which was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Since then, she has illustrated a number of books, including the Smashie McPerter chapter books,
The Same But Different Too by Karl Newson, and
Don't Call Me Choochie Pooh! by Sean Taylor.