Bunny vs Monkey: Machine Mayhem!

Jamie Smart is the #1 and multimillion-copy bestselling creator of the Bunny vs Monkey and Looshkin comic books. His work regularly appears in The Phoenix comic, a weekly story comic for children. He is also the author/illustrator of the middle-grade series Flember. Smart has illustrated comics for The Sunday Times, the Beano and the Dandy, and his comic Fish-Head Steve was the first comic to be shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Smart was named Illustrator of the Year at the British Book Awards 2024, and won Illustrated Children's Book of the Year for Bunny vs Monkey: Multiverse Mix-up. In 2025 Bunny vs Monkey was the joint winner of Best Audiobook of the Year: Fiction at the British Book Awards (The Nibbies) and was shortlisted for the Children's Book of the Year at the British Audio Awards (The Speakies).

Ciaran Saward was born in Essex where he was lucky to live near a public library and have parents (and a cassette player) that read stories to him. After studies in Cornwall and Germany, he has narrated more than 100 audiobooks, with warm reviews in AudioFile magazine. Ciaran has performed in bestselling audio dramas, comedy podcasts, and AAA video games, including the award-winning Bunny vs Monkey by Jamie Smart and E.C. Bateman's series The Stamford Mysteries. He has also volunteered with Talking Newspapers for the blind.