About The Book
About the Author
Delia Huddy grew up in Leicester surrounded by books, and inspired by her father, head of English at Wyggeston Grammar in Leicester, went on to obtain her Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature at King’s College, London.
She went on to enjoy a long and distinguished career in publishing, initially as an editor at Constable with Grace Hogarth, and then Hamish Hamilton, where she met Julia MacRae. The two were to become life-long friends and went on to set up Julia Mac Rae Books, publishing many of the great names in picture books, including Anthony Browne and Raymond Briggs. In later years she became the Director of Fiction at Random House Children’s Books.
