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Sean Julian Illustrator & Author

Tilly grew up surrounded by animals on a beautiful farm in rural Oxfordshire, and now lives in London with her cat, Oscar. When she’s not writing children’s books, she can usually be found doing yoga in a London park. Sean Julian enjoyed art from an early age, focusing on potato printmaking and creating plasticine dinosaurs. Years later he studied at the Mansfield College of Art, before moving to Bristol to study illustration. Being rather big and hairy himself, he was always happiest illustrating big, hairy creatures such as bears and gorillas. This naturally led to a career in children’s books. He now has over twenty years’ experience illustrating and writing for children.