Maryanne and Shayle Bester are sisters who grew up on a Free State farm, where their father farmed cattle and sheep. They both graduated from the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg, Shayle majoring in Fine Arts and Maryanne in Dramatic Arts. Together they run a company as decorative painters and illustrators, specialising in children's art. Their previous works include The Cool Nguni, Why Dog is Afraid of Storms, I Know That!, Three Friends and a Taxi, The Long Trousers, The Missing Ball and Mealies and Beans. They won the Exclusive Books IBBY SA Award for The Cool Nguni and the Sappi Isiqalo Book Competition run by Centre for the Book for Three Friends and a Taxi.

Maryanne en Shayle Bester het as susters grootgeword op 'n Vrystaatse plaas, waar hulle pa met beeste en skape geboer het. Albei gradueer by die Universiteit van Natal in Pietermaritzburg. Shayle behaal haar graad in Beeldende Kunste en Maryanne in Drama. Hulle vorm maatskappy met grafiese kunstenaars wat spesialiseer in kinderkuns.

Vorige werke sluit in The Cool Nguni, Why Dog is Afraid of Storms, I Know That!, Three Friends and a Taxi, The Long Trousers, The Missing Ball and Mealies and Beans. Hulle wen die Exclusive Books IBBY SA Prys vir The Cool Nguni en die Sappi Isiqalo Boek Kompetisie geloods deur die Sentrum vir die Boek vir Three Friends and a Taxi.

UMaryanne noShayle Bester ngoodade abakhulela kwifama yaseFreyistata, apho utata wabo wayefuye iinkomo neegusha. Bobabini bathweswa izidanga kwiYunivesiti yaseNatala ePietermaritzburg, uShayle egxile kwezoBUGCISA BOKUZOBA ngelixa yena uMaryanne egxile kuBUGCISA bezeMIDLALO YEQONGA. Bobabini baseka inkampani bengabantu abapeyintayo ngeenjongo zokuhombisa begxile ikakhulu kubugcisa babantwana.

Eminye imisebenzi yabo iquka The Cool Nguni, Why Dog is Afraid of Storms, I Know That!, Three Friends and a Taxi, The Long Trousers, The Missing Ball, Mealies and Beans. Baye bafumana imbasa yeExclusive Books IBBY SA Award ngencwadi yabo ethi The Cool Nguni kunye neleSappi Isiqalo Book Competition olwalusekwe ngabeCentre for the Book ngencwadi yabo ethi Three Friends and a Taxi.

UMaryanne noShayle Bester ngamakhosazana akhulela epulazini eFreystata lapho ubaba wabo wayengumfuyi wezinkomo nezimvu khona. Bathola iziqu eNyuvesi yaseNatali eMgungundlovu. UShayle wagogoda kweZobuciko uMaryanne kwezeZobuciko baseSteji. Banenkampani njengabapendi bemihlobiso nabadwebi bemifanekiso abagxile kwezobuciko bezingane.

Imisebenzi yabo yokuqala yi-The Cool Nguni, Why Dog is Afraid of Storms, I know That! Three Friends and a Taxi, The Long Trousers, The Missing Ball neMielies and Beans. Bawina iExclusive Books IBBY SA Award for The Cool Nguni noMncintiswano Wezincwadi weSappi Isiqalo eyayihlelwe yiCentre for the Book ngencwadi yabo iThree Friends and a Taxi.