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“Leave me alone!” A lone wolf. A wolf that was lonely – but disguising it well with harrumphs and snarls. Living in a tangle of trees, well away from everyone and everything else. Time had put frost on his whiskers and ice in his heart. I couldn’t stop thinking about him. I was writing during the pandemic, so there was a lot of alone-ness going on. I wanted to write a proper adventure for this wolf, that thawed his heart and found him love. But I wasn’t quite sure w

Undercover angel Phoebe Speedwell is more than just a grumpy tween on a seemingly impossible mission - she’s also my way of trying to help young readers understand what makes people tick. After experiencing the first two years of modern secondary school through the eyes of my daughter and her friends, I observed the default human reaction (from children and parents alike) of labelling anyone who behaves badly towards us as ‘mean’ or even ‘evil’. Encouraged by some really insp

Rock and Roll began life three years ago as a project for my Illustration MA at Falmouth University. The purpose of the task was to create something that represented the kind of illustrator I would want to be after the course finished, and it has always been a dream of mine to write children’s stories. I am very inspired by picture books with unexpected protagonists and unconventional narratives, and I strongly believe that characters can be found anywhere if we stay curious