JIM SLATER: AFTER A HIGH PROFILE CAREER IN THE CITY JIM SLATER BEGAN WRITING CHILDREN'S BOOKS. FROM 1976 TO DATE HE HAS BEEN A PROFESSIONAL INVESTOR IN BOTH SHARES AND PROPERTY. AS WELL AS HIS CHILDREN'S BOOKS, HE HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL BEST-SELLING INVESTMENT BOOKS. JIM AND HIS WIFE, HELEN, HAVE FOUR CHILDREN AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN.

CHRISTOPHER SLATER: CHRISTOPHER WAS JUST TEN YEARS OLD WHEN HE ILLUSTRATED THE FIRST A. MAZING MONSTER BOOK. AFTER SCHOOL HE ATTENDED ART COLLEGE AND WENT ON TO BECOME A FREELANCE CARTOONIST FOR A BRIEF PERIOD. CHRISTOPHER NOW OWNS AND RUNS TWO CHILDREN'S NURSERY SCHOOLS IN EDINBURGH. HE AND HIS WIFE DIANE HAVE FOUR YOUNG CHILDREN.