Daisy Bird Author

Daisy Bird (Author) Daisy Bird is a pen name for Jacky Colliss Harvey, the New York Times bestselling author of Red: A History of the Redhead; My Life is a Redhead: A Journal, and The Animals Companion. She studied English at Cambridge and splits her time between London and the US. She decided to write for children as Daisy Bird because her real name is such a mouthful for little ones! Marianna Coppo (Illustrator) Marianna Coppo is an author and illustrator who lives in Rome, Italy. She studied editorial illustration at MiMaster in Milan and now focuses on freelance illustration. Her debut picture book, Petra, received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly and Booklist, and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.