Biographical note

Amy Hest is the author of many much-loved and bestselling picture books, including Kiss Good Night, illustrated by Anita Jeram, and Charley's First Night and When Charley Met Granpa, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. About this book, she says, "I love snuggling up with someone special on those beautiful snowy nights ... I love cocoa!" Amy Hest lives in New York City, USA. Find her online at www.amyhest.com.

Jenni Desmond is an illustrator, artist and picture book author. Her aim is to make her illustrations entertaining, beautiful and funny. Jenni graduated with distinction from the Masters in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art (APU). Her first picture book won the Cambridgeshire “Read It Again!” Picture Book Award, and in 2014 she was the illustrator of the Family Trail at the National Portrait Gallery BP Portrait Award. Jenni lives in Hackney, London.