Judith Eagle

Judith Eagle has worked as a stylist, fashion editor, and features writer. She now spends her mornings writing and her afternoons working in a secondary school library. The Pear Affair is her second novel. Judith Eagle lives with her family and her cat, Stockwell, in South London.

Jo Rioux is the illustrator of The Secret Starling by Judith Eagle. She has illustrated young adult novels, chapter books, picture books, and graphic novels, including Cat's Cradle: The Golden Twine, which she also wrote, and The Daughters of Ys by M. T. Anderson. Jo Rioux lives in Ottawa.