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Laura Dockrill Author & Illustrator

Laura Dockrill is a writer and illustrator whose books for children include Darcy Burdock, Sequin & Stitch (with Sarah Ogilvie), Angry Cookie (with Maria Karipidou), and YA novels Lorali and Big Bones. She’s been shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year and longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Laura’s work for stage and screen include the BAFTA-nominated ‘Goldfish’, the children’s play ‘Dust’ for Half Moon Theatre, and commissions by The National Theatre, Young Vic and Donmar Warehouse. Ria Dastidar is an illustrator and designer from London who loves dreaming up colourful, surreal, and funny characters: cuddly monsters, confused rabbits, and apples that remember the good ol’ days. She’s an illustration mentee on Pop Up’s Pathways into Children’s Publishing programme (2019-2021). Magnificent! is Ria’s first published children’s book. Ria lives in Middlesex.