Katie Chappell Author

Helen Stephens is the award-winning author and illustrator of Smelly Peggy and the How to Hide A Lion series, an international bestselling classic. Her books have been published in about 30 languages and have won some fancy-pants awards. Did you know? Helen likes to draw in the rain and wears her dressing gown over her clothes to work; it gets cold in Northumberland.

Katie Chappell is known for drawing visual notes at events and boring big important meetings for people like Google, Netflix, Adobe, Apple … and she also loves to write! This is her first time co-writing a children’s book with her good pal and fellow illustrator Helen. Did you know? Katie spends a lot of time at fancy events drawing pictures, but her real goals in life are 1. more afternoon naps and 2. more mid-morning bubble baths.

Did you know this other thing? Helen and Katie, and their pal Tania, are Captains of the Good Ship Illustration who offer no-nonsense advice for illustrators. They all live at the seaside and dream of an upside-down boat beach hut.