凯伊·乌曼斯基出生于英格兰德文郡的普利茅斯。她曾就读于教师培训学院,之后在伦敦的小学任教12年,专攻音乐和戏剧。在业余时间,她在一个半专业的灵魂乐队唱歌和打键盘。她现在全职写作,为儿童写了超过25本奇幻、小说和诗歌。她从传统的民间故事和现代都市神话中汲取灵感,她的幽默感深受所有年龄的孩子的欢迎,从5岁到105岁。她和家人住在伦敦。她最受欢迎的书是搞笑的《Pongwiffy》。《Pongwiffy》、《Pongwiffy和妖精的复仇》、《Pongwiffy和年度咒语》获得了诺丁汉郡图书奖,这些书都可以从吟游诗人书店买到。阿什利·金是一位充满激情的插画家,她手绘、绘画、创作、涂鸦、潦草,喜欢咖啡和蛋糕。他毕业于考文垂大学,获得插图和动画一级荣誉学位,并由Plum Pudding插图代理公司代理。 His first illustrated children's book Erica's Elephant, Sylvia Bishop, published by Scholastic in 2016 with rave reviews, and his second book for young readers The Bookshop Girl, published in April 2017. He is also working on several other projects including working with Kaye Umansky on her new spell binding series Witch for a Week, publishing in October 2017 with Simon & Schuster.