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Ash Roy Illustrator & Author

Narinder Dhami was born in Wolverhampton. Having read English at Birmingham University, she spent the next nine years teaching in schools in the East End of London before leaving teaching to write full-time. Her first children's book A Medal for Malina was published in 1990, and since then Narinder has written hundreds of stories for different age groups. Narinder lives in Shropshire with her husband Robert and their five cats. Ash Roy (they/them) is an illustrator with a penchant for telling stories about people, animals, and whimsical creatures enjoying warm, dreamy moments. Their work draws inspiration from folklore, the history of fairy tales, and the wonders of the natural world. They seek to create work that spreads knowledge and inspires curiosity about the world we live in. Ash works with both traditional and digital media, always looking for new ways of combining them.