

She won the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, the highest honour in children’s book illustration, for The Lost Words. JACKIE MORRIS grew up in the Vale of Evesham and studied at Hereford College of Arts and at Bath Academy. He is a word collector and mountain climber - and he has three children who have taught him more about the world than any book.


The American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded him the E. His work has been translated into many languages and widely adapted for film, television, and radio. ROBERT MACFARLANE is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and the author of a number of bestselling and prize-winning books, including The Wild Places, The Old Ways, Holloway, Landmarks, and Underland, which won the Wainwright Prize.
