Dr. Sally Ward is Head of Speech and Language Therapy at Christopher Place, a new centre in London for children with speech and language disabilities. Children are brought to her clinic from all over the world. She has also appeared in a number of television and radio programs. Dr. Ward has three very articulate grown-up children.

Veronique Tadjo is an award-winning poet, novelist, illustrator and painter from Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). She has lived in Paris, Lagos, Mexico City and Nairobi, but is currently based in London with her husband and two children.