Eefje Kuijl Illustrator & Author

Jess French (Author)
Jess French is a vet, conservationist and star presenter of the CBeebies show, Minibeast Adventures. She is the recipient of the Jane Goodall Global Youth Leadership award for her work teaching children about environmental issues, and is an avid traveller, bug-spotter and animal lover. She has written several books for children, but Slow Down, Monkey! is her debut picture book.

Eefje Kuijl (Author)
Eefje graduated from the HKU (School of the Arts Utrecht) in 2002, and has worked as a freelance illustrator ever since. She makes bright and colourful illustrations for books, children's magazines and much more. She has worked for a variety of publishers internationally, including Scholastic (US), Clavis (Belgium), Uitgeverji Moon and Caro for Kids (Netherlands), and many more. She lives in Breda, Netherlands, with her partner Philip, son Guus, daughter Fien and her dog Jip.