Holly Robbins is the pen name of Belinda Rapley, who grew up in London, in a house overflowing with books. She wrote her first book aged fifteen, and has been writing ever since. She has written The Pony Detectives series and also contributes to horsey websites. She lives in Suffolk with her boyfriend and her black-and-white rescue cat, Puffin.
Authors and illustrators
Holly Ryan
Holly grew up in a little Cornish fishing village where she spent most of her childhood exploring rock pools. After spending many years working behind various computers in London and Bristol, she slowly became uninspired by the rat-race so moved back home. She’s now living by the sea with her partner and two crazy little boys and their blind cat, Maisey. She’s never been happier. Holly likes, amongst other things, pickled eggs, den building with her boys, pizza Fridays, and sucking her thumb. She HATES coriander.
Holly Webb
Holly Webb is one of Britain’s best-loved children’s writers. She has written over a hundred books for children and her work has been translated into over thirty languages. Holly lives in Tilehurst, just outside of Reading, Berkshire, with her husband, three children and several cats. Visit www.holly-webb.com or @HollyKateWebb.
Ian Cunliffe
Ian Cunliffe worked at Shepperton Studios, creating special effects, and spent five years as a designer and illustrator at Penguin Books before becoming a full-time illustrator. Today, Ian works from home where he watches green parakeets fly past his studio window! He has created artwork for well-known children’s books, including ‘A Very Fishy Battle’ by Jeremy Strong.
Isabel Harris
In 2016 Isabel Harris won the Book People Bedtime Story Competition with her entry The Moon Man. Isabel lives in London with her mum and dad and little sister Angela. She loves swimming, dancing and baking cupcakes.
Isabel Otter
Isabel Otter is a children’s book editor and writer. When not writing, you can find her climbing mountains in muddy boots, squirrelled into an armchair with a novel and a cup of tea or tending to her potted plants.
Isobel Finn
Isobel Finn has a BFA in Fine Art and Illustration from Parson’s School of Design in Paris and a post-graduate qualification from the School of Visual Arts in New York. The Very Lazy Ladybird is her first children’s book with Little Tiger Press. Isobel enjoys travelling, photography and wildlife.
Harriet Lynas
Harriet Lynas is a children’s book illustrator living in Cambridge with her husband and their son. As a child, she was a big fan of Studio Ghibli animations and later she developed a taste for mid-century style illustrations. Harriet’s inspiration comes from random things like marvellous fossils or a cone of pistachio gelato on a hot summer day.
Honor and Perdita Cargill
Honor and Perdita Cargill are a daughter/mother writing partnership and the authors of WAITING FOR CALLBACK and DIARY OF AN ACCIDENTAL WITCH. Originally from the Scottish Highlands, Perdita spent many years as a barrister before turning to writing fiction. Honor, having recently graduated from Oxford, is working on fiction and non-fiction writing projects as well as studying for a Masters at The Courtauld Institute. They both live in London.
Huw Lewis Jones
Huw Lewis Jones has voyaged many times to Antarctica, meeting all kinds of penguins. He is now a professor at Falmouth University teaching natural history and other creative things. Huw has written books about photography, mountains, and maps, but these days his stories are mostly about annoying apples and befuddled badgers. He lives in Cornwall.