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Louise Verity Author

Louise Verity, the author and illustrator of the book, is a dressmaker herself. Having designed everything from singer Prince's trousers to sumptuous Elizabethan wedding dresses, she turned to children's writing. She was inspired by the artwork of Audrey Niffenegger's The Three Incestuous Sisters and the moral intent of Jacqueline Wilson's books. She lives between a hamlet on a mountain in France and a small cottage in Gloucestershire.