Emma CarlisleEmma Carlisle loved to draw from a young age, encouraged by her parents with endless trips to the library and a good supply of pencils and poster paint. She went on to study Illustration at the University of Plymouth, where she is now a tutor, an graduated from the Cambridge MA in Children's Book Illustration with full Distinctions. She was Highly Commended by The Macmillan Prize for Children's Book Illustration in 2013. She is the author of Lion Practice and Bears at the Beach. Emma lives in Plymouth. Read More Read Less