Linda Lomelino, cake maker extraordinaire, from southern Sweden, writes a blog at http://call-me-cupcake.blogspot.se (in English). Studied photography, English and cinematography. Now works as a freelance photographer and cakemaker with her own company Call me cupcake, where she combines her passions for baking and food photography. In her leisure time she plays bass in a band.

Jens Hansegård (b.1972) lives in Stockholm and works as a finance journalist and author. Since the late 1990’s he has been writing scripts for numerous comic series, including Fantomen, Bamse och various Disney series.

He is also the author of the children’s nonfiction series Easy-to-read facts which includes titles such as Earth’s Coolest Creatures (2012), Earth’s Lost Treasures (2013), for which he was awarded Bokjuryn’s prize for Best Nonfiction in 2015, and Earth’s Scariest Creatures (2017), all of which were illustrated by Anders Nyberg.

Stefan Lindberg is a photographer and teaches photography. The authors are not experts, but have been picking mushrooms every season for 40 years.

Barbro Forsberg is a graphics designer, working mainly with newspapers and books. Barbro writes articles about mushrooms in the newspaper Natur & Trädgård.

MARIA FRENSBORG was born in 1974 in Uppsala. She teaches Swedish and English at secondary school. Ellen, the Vole and the Secret is her debut book.

Jonas Bergqvist is a qualified physiotherapist, personal trainer and highly regarded lecturer. He runs the successful training company mf Hälsoutbildningar (Health training courses). Jonas has been on a low carb diet since 2005 and has 20 years’ experience of fitness and strength training.