Tilly grew up surrounded by animals on a beautiful farm in rural Oxfordshire, and now lives in London with her cat, Oscar. When she’s not writing children’s books, she can usually be found doing yoga in a London park.
Authors and illustrators
Timothy Knapman
Timothy Knapman has been writing for children for over ten years. His books, which have been translated into 15 languages, include the best-selling Mungo and the Picture Book Pirates and Dinosaurs in the Supermarket. Timothy also writes plays and the words for musicals. He does lots of school visits and bookshop readings and his hobbies include swashbuckling. He is based near Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
Siân Roberts
Siân Roberts studied illustration by the sea at the Arts University Bournemouth, graduating with a first class honours degree in 2018. She now works from her home studio in Surrey and, fuelled by endless cups of tea, she loves to create fun characters and worlds that are full of personality.
Sol Linero
Sol Linero was born in San Miguel del Monte, a colourful town about 50 miles from Buenos Aires. There, he spent many summers drawing until he moved to Buenos Aires to study Graphic Design, the career that led him to the motion graphics world and later to illustration. He has an exquisite tea cup collection and is madly in love with a little dog named “Poncho”.
Sophie Beer
Sophie Beer is an award-winning illustrator living in Brisbane. She loves creating bright, fun designs with generous helpings of narrative. Revelling in colour, shape and texture, she lives by one rule: art should never be boring. When she’s not illustrating she can usually be found drinking tea, mooning over Joanna Newsom’s lyrics and indulging in her other passion – literature.
Sophie Ledesma
Graduate of l’ESAG Penninghen in Paris, Sophie Ledesma is currently working as an illustrator, creating children’s books and games, greeting cards and posters. Her customers include Ikea, De la Martiniere Jeunesse, Nathan, Auzo, Djeco, Poppik, Papyrus and AM Greeting. She imagines fun and colourful worlds to brighten our daily lives.
Spencer Wilson
Spencer Wilson is an illustrator who loves to create bold, colourful, character-based images; finding inspiration from his kids, cats, friends and the things around him.
Smriti Halls
Smriti is an internationally bestselling, award-winning children’s author, published in more than 35 languages worldwide. She began her career at the BBC and worked for several years as a writer and editor in children’s publishing and television, before taking up writing full time. She lives in London with her husband and three sons, reading, writing and eating sticky buns.
Stacey McCleary
Stacey McCleary is, was and always will be a children’s author… It has been this way ever since she faked illness during primary school to write stories on her enormous yellow typewriter at home. When Stacey is not writing in her pyjamas, she’s daydreaming about what she will next write in her pyjamas. She lives in Melbourne, Australia with her daughter, a dog, two guinea pigs and a goldfish named Rod Stewart.