Dr Easkey Britton is a surfer, writer, artist and marine social scientist, with a PhD in Environment and Society. A life-long surfer and pioneer of big wave surfing, she was taught to surf at the age of four, and now channels her passion for the sea and surfing into social activism. Her promotion of female surfing in Iran is explored in the award-winning documentary Into the Sea. Easkey is today the author of several books on our relationship with the ocean including: Saltwater in the Blood(Watkins, 2021) and Ebb and Flow (Watkins, 2023).

Maria Nilsson is a freelance illustrator based in London. Her illustrations are heavily influenced by the natural world, exploring various tactile qualities of colour, pattern and texture. She is the illustrator behind 50 Things to Do with a Penknife, 40 Knots and How to Tie Them, 50 Things to See in the Sky, 50 Things to Do in the Wild and Pittipat's Saucer of Moon.