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Rachel Rivett Author

Rachel Rivett is a picture book author whose books have been published in 9 languages. She trained in Drama at Bretton Hall in Yorkshire. She worked as a youth worker, ran a young people's touring drama group, and worked in schools with children at risk of exclusion. She was awarded a distinction for her MA in Writing for Children at Winchester University and was shortlisted for SCBWIs Undiscovered Voices 2014, with her young adult novel, Traitor Girl. She happily home educates her four children believing that the best learning happens when people are encouraged to follow their hearts. Mique Moriuchi is an award-winning illustrator with international appeal, working for companies in Korea, New Zealand, the US and the UK. She has won the White Raven Award 2009 and her work was selected for the Illustration Exhibition at the 2009 Bologna Children's Book Fair. She has a Masters in Sequential Design and Illustration and uses acrylic paint and collage in her pictures.