Marcus Rashford MBE is Manchester United's iconic number 10 and an England International footballer. In October 2020 he was appointed MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

Marcus has committed himself to combating child poverty in the UK and his books You Are a Champion, You Can Do It and Heroes are inspiring guides for children about reaching their full potential.

Alongside his non-fiction, Marcus is also the author of the bestselling The Breakfast Club Adventures series, fiction books that aim to inspire a love of reading in children and show them that adventure can be found anywhere. ???????

Katie Warriner is one of the UK's leading Performance Psychologists, working in diverse performance arenas from the sports field to the boardroom, the helicopter pad to the operating theatre. Her clients include CEOs, Olympic Champions, premiership rugby teams and educational leaders. Above all, Katie is passionate about supporting people to be the best they can be and to live their life with purpose.

She has been embedded within Team GB for the last decade, supporting many of the most successful athletes and coaches at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games. She works closely with business leaders to create environments where people can thrive and find meaning in their work. Her belief in potential has also taken her into education, where her work with the charity 21st Century Legacy has helped over 250,000 young people discover their potential. Katie now runs a number of mindset training courses for young people, adults and aspiring athletes with the vision of making inspiring and practical mental skills training accessible for all.

Carl Anka is a London-born journalist and broadcaster who likes his tea with milk and one sugar. He has written for BBC, Guardian, VICE, NME, GQ and BuzzFeed among other publications online and in print and specialises in writing about pop culture, video games, films and football. Currently a reporter for sports media group The Athletic, covering Manchester United, he is the host of the Talk of the Devils podcast and is scared of talking on the phone.

Along with Marcus Rashford, Carl is the co-writer of You Are a Champion: How to Be the Best You Can Be - a positive and inspiring guide for life for young readers.