David Walliams (Author)
David Walliams is one of the world’s most successful children’s authors, with sales in excess of 4 million copies and books translated into more than 40 languages. Since 2008, he has taken the children's literary world by storm. David's books have achieved unprecedented critical acclaim – and both Ratburger and Demon Dentist won the National Book Awards Children's Book of the Year.
Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
Quentin Blake is one of Britain's most successful illustrators. He has illustrated nearly three hundred books and he was Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator. He has won many awards including the Whitbread Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal and taught for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art. In 1999 he became the first ever Children's Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted in the New Year's Honours.
Matthew Fitt (Translator)
Matthew Fitt is a published novelist and poet as well as a translator. An acknowledged expert in the field of Scots language education, Matthew has written numerous children's books and has translated a number of titles into Scots including Roald Dahl's The Eejits and Geordie's Mingin Medicine.