My Story

Hi, I’m Emily! I’m an author and illustrator living in the Northwest of England.

If you’d like to know more about me, here’s my story!

My background is actually in science, having studied Forensic Science at university, although this was never my true passion. Creative subjects such as art and design technology were what I really enjoyed but at that time I didn’t have the confidence to pursue them.

After meeting my husband and having our son, James, I decided to leave science and I enrolled in a part time design course in Manchester. I was 34 at the time but it’s never too late to follow your dreams and it was the best decision I have ever made! It was obvious that this is what I should have done from day one of my career.

This new-found confidence in myself led me to start writing and illustrating children’s poems. James was around 3 at the time and he was constantly ill with a cold and a runny nose. To cheer him up I decided to write about a creature that would help him get rid of his sniffles, along with other creatures to help with various ailments. James thought the poems were hilarious and they were often read to him when he was under the weather.

I decided to publish my poems because after my daughters, Violet and Gabriella, were born they too suffered with constant runny noses. It made me wonder if other parents like me would like to comfort their little ones by reading of a creature that helps take their children’s sniffles away.