Mary Hoffman has written over seventy books for children, from the popular original stories like Amazing Grace and Henry's Baby to retellings such as The Dorling Kindersley First Bible Storybook, Song of the Earth, and Sun, Moon and Stars. Mary lives in Oxfordshire with her husband. Marie Cameron is a painter and giftware designer living in California, USA. Since graduating in Fine Arts at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, she has made a particular study of Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist art. Marie also illustrated The Barefoot Book of Buddhist Tales (1-84148-009-6).