Maudie Powell-Tuck spends too much of her time in expensive shops looking at clothes and glittery things she can't afford, and dreaming about owning a pug named Stanley (when she's not writing, of course). She'd love to say that she runs marathons - but that would be a lie.

Maudie Powell-Tuck spends too much of her time in expensive shops looking at clothes and glittery things she can't afford, and dreaming about owning a pug named Stanley (when she's not writing, of course). She'd love to say that she runs marathons - but that would be a lie.

Duncan Beedie is a best-selling children's author and illustrator from Bristol. He has worked on a number of Tiger Tales titles, including the Agent Llama series by Angela Woolfe, The I Really, Really Need . . . series by Karl Newson, and his own story, Heavy Metal Badger, which has been nominated for several children's literature awards. When not drawing badgers, bears, and bush babies, Duncan likes to get out in the woods or sit in a comfy chair to read ghost stories.