Alex Latimer is a hugely successful children's book author, whose books include The Boy Who Cried Ninja. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa. In this book he collaborates for the second time with his illustrator brother, Patrick Latimer.

Patrick Latimer is a South African illustrator and cartoonist. After several years working as an art director, he made the jump to full-time illustration. His work can be found in magazines, on book covers and wine labels and seen in advertising campaigns.