Emma Chichester Clark studied art at the Royal College of Art. She has worked as a freelancer for magazines, publishers and advertising agencies as well as teaching art for several years, but now dedicates most of her time to children’s books. She was nominated for the Kurt Maschler Award for Illustration twice and ‘I Love You, Blue Kangaroo!’, was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

Praise for Come to School Too, Blue Kangaroo!:‘[One of] the best books to deal with your child’s pre-school nerves’ TelegraphPraise for Alice in Wonderland:“This is a real Alice for the present day, but nonetheless one it is easy to image living the extraordinary adventure Lewis Carroll wrote for her” Quentin BlakePraise for Melrose and Croc:'Full of bright detail, this is a picture book young readers could well dream about as being the next best thing to entering its pages' Independent