Edward Ardizzone was born in 1900 and spent the formative years of his life in Ipswich, where he learned to know and love the little coastal steamers in the Tim books.
Carole Armstrong has for many years been an art teacher and museum educator, working both in England and in the USA.
Marc Aronson has a doctorate in American history and is a member of the graduate faculty in the library school at Rutgers.
Mary Arrigan studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, University College, Dublin and Florence University.