About The Two Sisters

Two Sisters is a pseudonym used by two sisters, Stephanie Barnes and Emma-Marie Mills. Steph is the author and Emma is the illustrator of this collection. As they’re both passionate about their individual crafts, they wanted to collaborate together and create their own fairy tales.

About Steph

Steph knew she wanted to write her own stories when she was seven, after she finished reading J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Since then, she has been writing fantasy stories and film scripts whenever she can. As she’s a strong admirer of the Brothers Grimm and Angela Carter’s fairy tales, she was inspired to create her own.

Steph was shortlisted in the 2015 Adult Fairy Tale Competition in the Writing Magazine. She was a Second Rounder in the 2016 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition and a Quarter Finalist in the 2017 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship Competition.

About Emma

Ever since being at primary school, Emma has dedicated much of her time drawing on paper and on her computer. While studying hard towards her GCSEs, she has worked to develop her skills as an artist. Her drawings and style are inspired by horror films and dark stories.

Emma originally did her illustrations for this collection in digital but after she experimented with ink drawing techniques at school, she decided to redo all her images in pen.