Authors and illustrators

Claire Freedman

Claire Freedman lives on the Essex coast close to Southend-on-Sea. She is the author of many books for children, including Who’s For Dinner, Cuddle Bear and Bedtime, Little Ones! When not writing, Claire spends her time sailing and walking in the countryside.

Ciara Gavin

Ciara Gavin writes and illustrates picture books for children. She graduated from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland. Her work appears in the National Museum of Decorative Arts and History there and has been exhibited at galleries throughout Ireland. She lives in Dublin with her son.

Chae Strathie

Chae Strathie is an award-winning author and journalist who grew up in the beautiful World Heritage village of New Lanark in central Scotland. When he left school he moved to Edinburgh to study film and photography. He went on to work as a reporter for the The Sunday Post and then turned his hand to writing children’s books. He lives in Dundee, where he is the Commissioning Editor forΒ Living Magazine.

Cee Biscoe

Cee Biscoe studied Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art, gaining an MA in 2007. She lives in Suffolk with her husband and a small garden full of wildlife, many of which creep and crawl their way into her illustrations.

Catherine Walters

After many years of living in the north of England, Catherine Walters relocated to New Zealand where she now lives with her family and two meddlesome Siamese cats. She is part of a collective running an art gallery in Nelson where she finds plenty to inspire her in the unaccustomed sunshine.

Catherine Rayner

Award-winning author and illustrator, Catherine Rayner, was born in Harrogate and now lives in Edinburgh. She has a BA Hons in Visual Communication and Illustration from Leeds College of Art and Edinburgh College of Art. Much of the inspiration for her illustration comes from her pets.

Catherine Jacob

Catherine Jacob lives in a very old, very noisy house in York where she tries to squeeze in as much story writing time as possible, in between looking after her three lovely (ever so slightly mischievous) children and occasionally appearing on TV reporting the news. She also loves singing, playing netball and hide and seek, drawing, and writing in rhyme while drinking mugs of steaming hot tea. (Not all at the same time!)