Debora Robertson (Author) Debora Robertson is a journalist, writer and editor specialising in all matters domestic: from food, homes and gardens to modern manners, dogs and decluttering. Polly Horner (Illustrator) Polly Horner lives in Rye, East Sussex. When she is not drawing, she enjoys going for long walks where she comes across a number of dogs, which she will inevitably stop, pat and photograph. She is the author and illustrator of Polly and the North Star (Orion) and illustrator of Dogs: Best in Show (Laurence King, 2011).