Natalia and Lauren O’Hara are sisters from the North of England. As children they loved fairy tales, picking blackberries and fighting dragons in the garden.

Natalia, who writes their books, studied English at Oxford University and afterwards worked as a travel writer and script developer. Lauren, who illustrates, studied Fine Art and Illustration at Kingston before designing window displays and sets for television.

The sisters live in London and Dublin. Once Upon A Fairytale... is their fourth book together.