The Illustrated Mum

Jacqueline Wilson is a hugely successful children's author and has won a number of prestigious awards, including the British Children's Book of the Year and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award. In 2002 Jacqueline received an OBE for services to literacy in schools. She was the highest-borrowed author in British libraries in the last decade.

Josie Lawrence is an established British actress, best known for her work with the Comedy Store Players improvisational troupe, the television series Whose Line Is It Anyway? and in shows such as EastEnders and Good Omens. Lawrence has lent her voice to several audiobooks, the majority of which were books for children. An experienced narrator, Josie has recorded several of the books in Roger Hargreaves' Little Miss series, four Jacqueline Wilson titles and many others.