Sassafras de Bruyn (1990, Belgium) studied at the Sint Lucas Art Academy of Antwerp. She works as illustrator and graphic designer for a children's theater group. In 2015 her first picture book 'Cleo' was published. This was a wish come true. Since then illustrating pictures books has become part of her daily life. Saarein te Brake (1979, Amsterdam) graduated from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences as a Dutch teacher in 2007. After some years of teaching, she started her own company in developing teaching materials. Every now and then she gets up on stage to perform sung poems.