Alison grew up in Bangor, Northern Ireland. She learned to draw by copying cartoon strips from her comics and her father’s newspapers. She studied Fine Art at Liverpool John Moores University and Goldsmiths College, London, and worked as a designer in an advertising agency before beginning a full-time career in children’s books. Eddie and Dog is her first picture book for Little Tiger Press.
Authors and illustrators
Alison Ritchie
Alison Ritchie works as a freelance editor and writer and has published several children’s books. She lives in an Oxfordshire village with her two children and dog.
Amanda Li
Amanda Li has worked as an illustrator, an English Language teacher in Barcelona and a children’s books editor. She now works as a freelance editor and writer.
Amelia Hepworth
Amelia Hepworth lives in London with her family. When she is not writing stories, she enjoys spending time with her little boy and daydreaming in her backyard.
Andrea Schomburg
Andrea has taken up writing for children after writing poetry for adults for many years. She teaches poetry writing at university and performs her quirky poems on stage. She enjoys acting, films, theatre and crisps. She lives in Germany, in a town close to Hamburg.
Andy Robb
Andy Robb was born in Devon. Once he realized that he was too short to be taken seriously as a costumed hero, he decided to spend as much time as he could playing make-believe. After training as an actor, he went on to appear in plays, TV dramas and films. Andy lives in a house boat on the Thames.
Angela McAllister
Angela McAllister has written over thirty children’s books. She lives in Hampshire with her husband and their two children, who are often the inspiration for her stories.
Angela Woolfe
Angela Woolfe decided to become an author aged 4 after writing a mind-blowing four-line poem called The Postman Is Very Good. She also writes books for older children and has occasionally – she’s still not quite sure why – written for grown-ups too. She lives in London with one husband and one daughter.
Angie Morgan
Angie Morgan has been writing and illustrating books for children since 2010. She lives in Bath with her husband and (currently) four chickens and likes gardening, car karaoke, frothy coffee and oranges. She also collects bright coloured notebooks which she carries everywhere as she never knows when inspiration will strike.
Anita Ganeri
Award-winning author Anita Ganeri has written over 500 books for children including the best-selling HORRIBLE GEOGRAPHY series. Anita was born in India but moved to England when she was very young. After university, she spent many years working for publishers both as an editor and a foreign rights manager. Anita now lives in Yorkshire, with her husband, children and rescued greyhounds.