Denise Eustace currently lives in Oxfordshire where she teaches English Literature at a Sixth Form College. She has been writing poetry for many years and has had several of her poems published in various magazines. In 1992 she came joint first in a national poetry competition organized by Ver poets, St Albans. She has recently published a small collection of her poetry ''Searching Shadows''. ''The Willow of King Arthrenwe'' has not been published before but has been performed as a dramatic piece at schools in Oxfordshire and Dorset.
Gary Woodley lives in Oxfordshire. He has been working as a wildlife artist for many years. He has exhibited his work for the RSPB and is also a lay member with the Society of Wildlife Artists where he has shown his work over the years. He has illustrated several books, including a copy of ''The Wind in the Willows'' for World International Publishers; he also work
