Born in New Zealand, Sarah has lived and worked her way around the world. She currently works from a light-filled studio, perched high on a hill overlooking the sea, in Wellington. Sarah’s illustrations can be found on buildings, buses, bags and many other curious places, but they feel most at home on the pages of beautiful books.
Sandra de la Prada has loved drawing since she was a child, but she’s also loved watching films, reading books and having fun. She is sure all these things, as well as studying photography and graphic design, and working on several different jobs, have helped her to become an illustrator. She published her first illustrated book in 2010 and hasn’t stopped since then. She lives in Barcelona and still does all the things that she loves.
Russell Julian is originally from Derbyshire. He studied Illustration in Cambridge and now lives in London with his partner and three children. When not drawing or painting he likes to potter in his garden, do a bit of DIY or read a book, and he quite likes eating too. He has previously illustrated successful picture books for Scholastic and OUP. This is his first title for Caterpillar Books.
Ruth Galloway studied art at A-level, but is essentially self-taught. She knew she was going to be an artist from the age of eight, and is now a successful illustrator of a number of picture books for Little Tiger Press. Ruth is a trained aerobics instructor and in her spare time she enjoys cookery and gardening. She is married with two children, and lives in Berkshire.
Sam Hay grew up in Scotland. A former journalist, she has written several children’s books including Billy Angel and Bumble the Brave Kitten. She lives with her husband, two children and several pets in a small house with a big garden.
Sandhya Prabhat is an independent animator and illustrator based in the Bay Area, California, and is from Chennai, India. She holds an MFA Degree in Animation and Digital Arts from NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia and a Bachelor’s Degree in Literature from Stella Maris College.
Sandra A. Agard is a storyteller, writer, literary consultant and cultural historian. Her short stories have been published in Tales, Myths and Legends, Time for Telling and Unheard Voices, an anthology compiled by Malorie Blackman.
Sandra Lawrence wears two writing-hats: as a journalist, writing for newspapers and magazines such as the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, Marie Claire and History Revealed; and as an author, often focusing on heritage, history and folklore. She loves collecting stories from all over the world and finding out how different countries celebrate big events. Sandra lives in London, and spends much of her time rootling out weird and secret treasures the city has hidden over the past two millennia.
Sarah Forbes was born in Aberdeen and currently lives in Edinburgh. She used to work on magazines, interviewing pop stars for a living, but now she works as an editor, helping other writers to create their own stories.
