Eddie's uncle has gone on holiday and he has left his dragon behind for Eddie to look after.

Garry Parsons studied Fine Art at Canterbury and the Illustration Sequential Design M.A  at University of Brighton. He is a talented new illustrator, whose work has captured the imaginations of children all over the UK. Billy's Bucket (written by Kes Gray) won the Red House Children's Book Award.

Josh Lacey is the author of The Dragonsitter, The Island of Thieves and the Grk series. He has worked as a journalist and written one book for adults, God is Brazilian. His first book for children, A Dog Called Grk, was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.

Things are not going well for Michael Swarbrick and he doesn't want to talk about it.

Mark Lowery is a 32-year-old father of two young children. He lives in Cambridgeshire with his girlfriend. The youngest of four, Mark was born in North Wales and grew up in Preston, Lancs. He is a primary school teacher and has worked at schools in Leeds, Ipswich and Padova in Italy. He currently teaches part-time in Cambridge.

In 2005-06, he studied for a Master’s Degree in Writing for Children at the University of Winchester. It was during this course that he first came up with the idea for Socks Are Not Enough, which is his first novel.

The Dark Lord falls to earth, crash-landing in a suburban car park in the body of a teenage boy, spitting out poisonous mucus

Jamie Thomson is the minion and slave of the Dark Lord, Dirk Lloyd. He's an author and games developer who has written numerous choose-your-own-adventure style gamebooks and worked on many computer games from the Tower of Despair (1984) to Warrior Kings: Battles (2003) Jamie Thomson lives in the dungeons below his Master's Iron Tower in East Sussex, where he spends every day writing for his overlord. His book, Dark Lord: The Teenage Years, was the 2012 Roald Dahl Funny Prize winner.

Ben hates visiting his Granny every Friday night while his parents go to ballroom dancing. Then he discovers Granny isn't quite what she seems, and life takes a dramatic turn for the better.

Tony Ross is one of the best-known creators of picture books. He trained at the Liverpool School of Art before working as a cartoonist, a graphic designer, at an advertising agency and as a University lecturer. His most popular books include his interpretations of fairy tales, the Dr Xargle books and the much-loved Little Princess series, which has been turned into a highly successful animated television series. Tony Ross has also illustrated many children’s fiction titles and in his extremely prolific career he has illustrated more than 1200 books.

Multi-talented David Walliams is the fastest growing children’s author in the UK market, selling an average of 20,000 books each week. David began his publishing career at HarperCollins in early 2008 with his debut novel, The Boy in the Dress, followed by Mr. Stink in 2009, Billionaire Boy in 2010 and Gangsta Granny in 2011. Cumulatively, David’s first four titles sold over a million copies in the UK alone. Gangsta Granny went straight to number 1 in the children’s book charts and globally his books have been translated into no fewer than 25 languages.

David’s ever-growing army of loyal fans, the sacks of fan mail and countless five-star reviews are testament to his ongoing commitment to creating the very best in literary entertainment for children. His books have been met with unanimous critical acclaim and, as they spread around the playground, children themselves can’t resist his stories filled with humour and heart. The Telegraph called Billionaire Boy: 'The funniest book my eight-year-old has ever read in his life, ever, apparently' (November 2010).

George is a dog with a big personality and he LOVES cake, rubbish bins and chasing Cat.

Chris Haughton is an Irish illustrator living in London. He illustrates regularly for the Guardian and other publications. He has worked for several large national and international advertising campaigns, and created murals in London, Dublin and Tokyo. He was listed in Time magazine's 'DESIGN 100' for the work he has been doing for Fair Trade clothing company People Tree. A Bit Lost (Walker Books) is his debut picture book.

He received a Best New Illustrators Award in 2011.

Read Chris' blog post about the making of A Bit Lost.

It started with Floyd's kite - but now there's all kinds of things stuck in the tree: a cat, a bucket of paint, the kitchen sink, and even a curious whale who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time...

As a picture book creator Oliver Jeffers has been the recipient of some of children's books highest accolades, including the Nestle Gold Medal for Lost and Found and the Irish Picture Book of the Year for The Incredible Book Eating Boy. Other award-winning titles include The Way Back Home, which was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway medal. An animated film of Oliver's book Lost and Found won a BAFTA for Best Animation in 2009. Oliver was born in Belfast but now lives in New York City.

Bella is having a Big Shouting Day: from morning until bedtime, she shouts and complains about everything from biscuits to baths.

Rebecca grew up in Bolton, and first studied Fashion due to a love of fashion illustration. After graduating, she worked at an assortment of jobs, including being an classroom assistant in a primary school, while sending out manuscripts for picture books. Once her own children had started school, Rebecca began an MA in Children's Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art and had her first picture books commissioned at the end of the course. Rebecca's work is inspired by her own childhood and her children's lives, with stories often starting as games or something made up in the back of a car to amuse a child. She lives in Cambridge.

Mr and Mrs Deer don’t have any children, but they would love to have a baby of their own to look after. When a mysterious bundle arrives on their doorstep they are overjoyed.

After a childhood that involved lots of travel – New Zealand, Trinidad, Asutralia, Barbados … amongst other places- Simon studied English Literature at Newcastle University and now lives in Edinburgh. As well as The Baby That Roared he’s also written Miss Fox and the Goat and Donkey books.

Nadia Shireen grew up in Shropshire. She studied law and worked for a journalist on magazines including Smash Hits before starting an MA in children's book illustration at Cambridge School of Arts in 2007. Her first book was Good Little Wolf published in 2011.