Judith Eagle's career has included stints as a stylist, fashion editor, and features writer. She now spends her mornings writing and her afternoons working in a secondary school library. She is the author of The Secret Starling, The Pear Affair, and The Accidental Stowaway, all illustrated by Jo Rioux. Judith Eagle lives with her family and her cat, Stockwell, in South London.

Jo Rioux is the illustrator of The Secret Starling, The Pear Affair, and The Accidental Stowaway, all by Judith Eagle. She has illustrated young adult novels, chapter books, picture books, and graphic novels. She is the author-illustrator of the Cat's Cradle series and the illustrator of The Daughters of Ys by M. T. Anderson. Jo Rioux lives in Ottawa.