Authors and illustrators

Olga studied traditional applied arts and then animation in Moscow. She worked for several years at animation productions and after that found herself very interested in illustrating children’s books. Since 2010 she’s worked with many publishers around the world.

Paddy Donnelly is an Irish illustrator now living in Belgium. He has over 15 years experience as an illustrator and designer, and especially loves working with a textured, painterly approach.

Michelle Harrison was born in Essex. She is the author of novels for children and young adults, most recently the best-selling A PINCH OF MAGIC and its sequel, A SPRINKLE OF SORCERY. Her debut, THIRTEEN TREASURES, won the 2009 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. She writes full-time and lives with her son and cats. @MHarrison13

Miranda lives with her family on the edge of beautiful Dartmoor in Devon. She loves stories, nature and books with both.

Moira Butterfield wrote her first book when she was 8 years old; she glued photos of cats in an exercise book and wrote about them, too. Now she is an internationally published author of children’s fiction and non-fiction. She lives in Bath and writes in a small office opposite a sweet shop.