Marieke ten Berge, is a multi-award winning illustrator and author. In 2021 she was nominated for the Jan Wolkers prize, and in 2022 was awarded a Zilveren Penseel and the Premio Andersen. She is fascinated by the wildlife of the Arctic, and regularly travels to Svalbard, where The Snow Fox and the Long, Long Night is set, to work amid its awe-inspiring natural beauty.

Michele Hutchison is a British translator of novels, poetry graphic novels and children's books. Her translation of Lucas Rijneveld's The Discomfort of Evening won the International Booker Prize. She has also translated The Starling's Song The Gnome Book and The Ocean at Night for Pushkin Children's Books.