Mairi Kidd Illustrator & Author

Mairi Kidd heads Moat Brae, the Birthplace of Peter Pan and Scotland's National Centre for Children's Books. She was formerly MD of Barrington Stoke, a children's publishing house working to open up the written word to children and young people with dyslexia, CEO of Seven Stories the National Centre for Children's Books and Head of Literature at Creative Scotland. Mairi is the author of We are All Witches, Warriors and Witches and Damn Rebel Bitches and Feisty and Fiery and Fierce, as well as Strong Brave True, Scottish Fairytales, Myths and Legends and a number of books in Gaelic for young readers including Uilleam Againne - the Gaelic translation of Oor Wullie! Mairi lives in Portobello with her husband Tom, an illustrator, and their very handsome cat.