Harley Hitch and the Fossil Mystery

Vashti Hardy is a writer of children's books living near Brighton in Sussex with her husband and three teens. She was a primary school teacher for several years, and has a special interest in children’s writing, especially free-writing and the use of journals and creating fantasy worlds. She has a first-class honours teaching degree with English specialism and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Chichester. After leaving teaching to focus more on her writing, she became a copywriter and digital marketing executive. Vashti is an alumni member and writing buddy of The Golden Egg Academy and is represented by Kate Shaw of The Viney Shaw Agency, and her books BRIGHTSTORM and WILDSPARK are published in the UK by Scholastic.

Ciaran Saward was born in Essex where he was lucky enough to have parents (and a cassette player) that read stories to him. After studying at Falmouth University in Cornwall (with a five month stint in Germany), he has been commissioned to narrate a diverse range of projects, including Rosie Dutton's award-winning Bears of the Carpathian. He also volunteers with Talking Newspapers for the blind.