Eloise: For Rosie M, Jo and Mum. I love you three more than all the sparkles in the sea.

Gabby: With all my love to Dave, for holding the fort and the babies.

Eloise Williams grew up in Llantrisant. She now lives in Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, very close to the beach where she walks her dog Watson Jones and collects sea glass. She worked in the theatre in wardrobe, then studied Drama. After working for over ten years as an actress, she studied for a Masters in Creative Writing at Swansea University.

Gabby Grant was born in Liverpool. After studying Illustration at Westminster University, she got a job making props for film and TV. She has illustrated four picture books, theatre posters and publicity material. She now juggles children's illustration, a little bit of prop-making and the bringing-up of three boys.

Author note

Huge thanks go to my editor, Janet, for being gracious, funny, kind and an absolute wizard with words.

To my dad for teaching me humour and the power of the ad-lib.

To Watson (dog) for not eating the paper this was written on.

Guy for being everything and for putting up with me.