Claire Freedman is the highly successful author of several picture books including Aliens Love Underpants and A Squabble and a Squawk for Simon and Schuster. She lives in Essex.

When Monika was a little girl she never wanted to grow up and she wanted to make children's books. One day, she simply decided to pack her bags and move to the UK to study art. In 2011 she completed a BA with Hons in Illustration at the University of Wolverhampton. Soon after that, she moved to Cambridge and in 2014 successfully completed Master's degree in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Arts. Monika now lives and works in her hometown, Torun, Poland.