Paddy Donnelly is an Irish author and illustrator living in Belgium, who has illustrated many children’s books, including the award-winning Fox & Son Tailers, and Badger Books, The Upside-down Lighthouse, The Golden Hare, The Vanishing Lake and Dodos Are Not Extinct. He has been nominated twice for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration and in 2023 he won the Judges’ Special Award at the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards. The Golden Hare won Children's Book of the Year (Junior) at the Irish Book Awards, 2024, and was also longlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize and winner of the 2024 Indie Picture Book Award.Paddy has also won the Judges’ Special Award at the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards, the LAI Biennial Book Award, the Ghradam Réics Carló and has four times been nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration. His books have been published worldwide, in many languages.

Meara and Grandad are exploring together again and this might be their most mesmerising adventure to date! … The illustrations are stunningly atmospheric, playing with perspective … Donnelly has a knack for bringing nature to life in his stories … all of the magic that Meara and Grandad encounter in their books is grounded in reality, a detail that makes their adventures all the more immersive for readers

Paddy Donnelly is an Irish author and illustrator living in Belgium, who has illustrated many children’s books, including the award-winning Fox & Son Tailers, and Badger Books, The Upside-down Lighthouse, The Golden Hare, The Vanishing Lake and Dodos Are Not Extinct. He has been nominated twice for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration and in 2023 he won the Judges’ Special Award at the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards. The Golden Hare won Children's Book of the Year (Junior) at the Irish Book Awards, 2024, and was also longlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize and winner of the 2024 Indie Picture Book Award.Paddy has also won the Judges’ Special Award at the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards, the LAI Biennial Book Award, the Ghradam Réics Carló and has four times been nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration. His books have been published worldwide, in many languages.

Meara and Grandad are exploring together again and this might be their most mesmerising adventure to date! … The illustrations are stunningly atmospheric, playing with perspective … Donnelly has a knack for bringing nature to life in his stories … all of the magic that Meara and Grandad encounter in their books is grounded in reality, a detail that makes their adventures all the more immersive for readers