About the Author | Liz Brownlee is a poet, performer and film-maker. Much of her work is about animals, and she is a frFormer primary school teacher Matt Goodfellow is now a full-time poet who visits schools across the country to give high-energy performances and workshops. His first poetry collection for Otter-Barry Books, Chicken on the Roof, received wide acclaim. He is also the author of Caterpillar Cake, illustrated by Krina Patel-Sage and shortlisted for the CLiPPA award, Shu-Lin's Grandpa, illustrated by Yu Rong and shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, and a contributor to CLiPPA-shortlisted poetry collection Being Me: Poems about Thoughts, Worries and Feelings, all published by Otter-Barry Books. Matt lives in Stockport, Manchester, UK.Laura Mucha is an award-winning poet, author and speaker. She has won two international poetry prizes (the Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2016 and the inaugural YorkMix Poems for Children 2019), and her effervescent and thought-provoking poems have been published around the world. She also writes for adults, and her debut book Love Factually/We Need to Talk About Love was published in 2019. Dear Ugly Sisters is her first book for children. Laura lives with her husband and son in London. You can read and listen to more of her work at lauramucha.com. @lauramuchaVictoria Jane Wheeler trained at the Royal College of Art. She is a visual artist, illustrator and educator, most often working in art galleries and museums and within higher education. Working to support young people, students and communities to harness their own creativity, often at the interface between creative practice and teaching/learning activities, she is passionate about promoting and creating creative opportunities and access to the arts. Her work is held in collections such as Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections, Preston City Council, and within an educational handling collection at The Whitworth Art Gallery. |