Writing and drawing from as long as I could hold a pencil

Raised on a diet of everything from E Nesbit to The Beano

Art and English Literature Graduate

Survived 17 years in Early Years education

 Shirley Hughes, Edward Ardizzone, George Cruikshank, Judith Kerr, Laura Knight and Quentin Blake inspire me

Literary heroes include E.Nesbit, Jill Murphy, Beverley Nichols, Charles Dickens and Astrid Lindgren