Elli Woollard (Author) Elli Woollard is a writer of picture books and older fiction for children, as well as a graduate in social anthropology. She has worked variously as a teacher of English as a foreign language, a copywriter, an editor and a freelance Thai to English translator. Dorien Brouwers (Illustrator) Dorien Brouwers grew up in the Netherlands and moved to the UK where she obtained a first-degree BA Hons in Graphic Design. Her work has been shortlisted for the illustrators' exhibition at the Bologna Children's Book Fair and also won an award at the World Illustration Awards. Alongside her picture books her clients have included the Prado Museum and Tate Modern.