No Such Thing As Nessie!

Chani McBain was brought up in Renfrewshire and moved to Glasgow to study at the University of Strathclyde. She now lives in Edinburgh where she works in publishing. Chani is a redhead from a family where gingers outnumber everyone else. Ginger Nut is her first book. Joanne Nethercott is originally from Northern Ireland. She moved to Scotland in 2001 to study illustration at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee. She has had work commissioned by the National Theatre of Scotland. She lives in Edinburgh and works from her studio at home.

Kirsteen Harris-Jones is a children's illustrator based in Shropshire, England. Her books include The Grouse and the Mouse, Ollie and the Otter, Willow the Wildcat and No Such Thing As Nessie!