Jane Simmons is a children's author and illustrator and the person behind the Ebb and Flo picture-book series. Jane studied illustration at Anglia Ruskin University and won the Macmillan Children's Book Prize in her final 2 years of study. Ebb and Flo picture books were also made into a TV series which aired in 2005 on Channel 5 and featured the narration of Fiona Shaw. The show has been seen in over 100 territories worldwide.