Joanna Fortune is an accredited psychotherapist. She is the author of the best-selling 15-Minute Parenting series and host of the 15-Minute Parenting podcast. She founded the Solamh Parent Child Relationship Clinic in Dublin in 2010 where she works with families on a variety of issues. In 2017 she delivered a TEDx Talk on the topic ‘Social media – the ultimate shame game?’ She is a regular media contributor and is the parenting consultant on Newstalk’s ‘Moncrieff Show’.

Juliette Saumande is a writer and translator of children’s books with over 40 titles to her name, published in her native French and in English. Her most recent books include My Little Album of Dublin and My Little Album of Ireland (both illustrated by Tarsila Krüse and published by The O’Brien Press). Juliette is a professional bookworm who loves using words, stories and books to help kids (re)discover and grow their creativity. She works with schools on the Creative Schools programme (run by the Arts Council and Creative Ireland), helping them to put the arts and creativity at the heart of young people’s lives. She is a Book Doctor for Children’s Books Ireland, a Patron of Reading in Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál in Dublin, a story-and-craft facilitator for family events and a creative writing teacher.

Andrew Whitson is a multi-award-winning artist based in Belfast. His house looks down over Belfast docks where the Titanic was built, and up at the Belfast Cavehill where an American B-17 Flying Fortress bomber once crashed during World War II. He is also the founder of the Irish-language publishing house An tSnáthaid Mhór. Andrew has illustrated over twenty books, including many award-winners. He is currently illustrating the Molly picture books written by Malachy Doyle, and the award-winning Rita picture books written by Myra Zepf. Molly and the Lighthouse, the latest Molly book, is published by Graffeg in English and Welsh, and by An tSnáthaid Mhór in Irish (Muireann agus an Teach Solais). Andrew teaches at Glenveagh School in Belfast, a school for children with severe learning difficulties, and strongly believes that all children need creativity in their lives.