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Liz Hockinson Author

Liz Hockinson is the author of the award-winning picture book, Marcello The Movie Mouse, illustrated by Kathryn Otoshi, and inspired by Saturday morning trips to the movie theatre as a child. Liz lives in Northern California with her family, including her beloved grandsons, Kole and Kaden. Peter Malone has illustrated over twenty children's books for such publishers as Chronicle, Knopf, Putnam, Running Press, and Scholastic. In addition to creating gorgeous illustrations, he wrote the book, Close to the Wind, about the use of the Beaufort scale for measuring wind force at sea. School Library Journal called it "informative and utterly charming." He lives in Bath, England, with his wife, a restorer of paintings, and their two grown daughters.