Originally from Brighton and now resident in rural Wales, Emily Gravett is a children’s book author and illustrator.
In 2005, Emily won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal for her first book, Wolves:
I wrote Wolves while I was at university, and it feels strange looking at it now, knowing that I wrote it without the faintest idea it would change my life.
She won the award for a second time in 2008 with Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears. This was also the year in which she was the official illustrator for the UK’s World Book Day.
A Song of Gladness written by Michael Morpurgo (which Emily illustrated) will be published later this month (April 2021). Prior to this collaboration, she has illustrated only one other author’s work, Cave Baby, by Julia Donaldson. Both Morpurgo and Donaldson have held the post of Children’s Laureate.
Many of Emily’s books are available to purchase on Hive and from Waterstones.
Here’s Emily with Dilys, her mischievous Bedlington Terrier/Whippet cross, one of my favourite dogs on Instagram!
All images Emily Gravett©
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