So Devin Wore a Skirt

Shireen Lalji has an MA In Children’s Literature from the National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature (NCRCL) at Roehampton University, and has been a teacher, a librarian and an assistant headteacher. Sharing books with the children she has taught, and filling her schools with books, has been Shireen’s favourite part of her career. She loves to write books that reflect the diverse lives and experiences of all kinds of children and families; she won joint second place on the Faber and Faber FAB Prize in 2022, and was longlisted for the Write Mentor Picture Book Prize 2022 and the Hachette Mo Siewcharran Prize 2023.

Lucy Fleming has been an avid doodler and bookworm since early childhood. She has an honors degree in Illustration and is the creator of Ella's Night Lights, as well as the illustrator of several books, including River Rose and the Magical Christmas, written by singer Kelly Clarkson. She lives in England.