Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning author Philip Ardagh is the author of The Grunts He is probably best known for his Eddie Dickens adventures, translated into over thirty languages, and for his Grubtown Tales, but he is author of over 100 books…
Ros Beardshaw is the illustrator of Just Right. Rolf Harris visited her school when she was about 10 years old and inspired her to draw and draw and draw.
William Bee is the author of Digger Dog, illustrated by Cecilia Johansson. He was born in London, but now lives in the English countryside.
As well as writing books, he races a vintage sports car, is an international skier, and when at home tends his lawns and meadow. Bee rarely leaves his tiny village, except for international skiing and vintage racing, but his daily walks lead to friendly encounters with the local wild life. He knows the local weasels, grass-snakes, moles and hedgehogs, as well as the family of deer that live in his garden.
Bee writes his books on his various typewriters – including a classic Royal Sabre and a pair of Smith Corona Super Gs. His work has been displayed in various museums including the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and Mitsukoshi Museum of Art in Japan.
Joe Berger is the illustrator of Hubble Bubble Granny Trouble.
When Joe Berger was sixteen, his mum admonished him for “doing nothing but whizzing about entertaining himself”.
Marion Billet is the illustrator of the Noodle books. She was born in 1982 in Lyon, France. After school she studied children’s book illustration at the Emile Cohl School.