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Paula Metcalf Illustrator & Author

Paula Metcalf is a talented author and illustrator who was Highly Commended in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration 2003. She was previously Illustrator-in-Residence at the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Buckinghamshire, and now runs popular workshops in schools. Her previous books for Macmillan include Charlie Crow in the Snow, also illustrated by Cally Johnson-Isaacs.

Cally Johnson-Isaacs has loved to draw ever since she first picked up a crayon. After graduating in Illustration from Newcastle Art College, Cally spent a few years illustrating greetings cards before becoming a freelance illustrator. Cally is also the illustrator of Charlie Crow in the Snow and the Mimi's Magical Fairy Friends series.