The History of the World in 100 Animals – Illustrated Edition

Author Biography

Simon Barnesis the former multi-award-winning chief sportswriter for The Times. He is also a nature writer, horseman and the author of more than twenty books, including the bestselling How to Be a Bad Birdwatcher. He lives in Norfolk with his family. Frann Preston-Gannon is an illustrator and designer. Her first picture book, The Journey Home, was shortlisted for both the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Cambridgeshire Read it Again! Book Prize. She is also the illustrator of Busy-Eyed Day by Anne Marie Pace, One Dark Bird by Liz Garton Scanlon, and Home Is... by Hannah Barnaby, among others. She was the first UK recipient of the Sendak Fellowship and spent a month living with and learning from the great master of illustration, Maurice Sendak. She lives in London, England. Visit her online at Frann.co.uk.