Isabelle and the Crooks

Michelle Robinson previously wrote copy for some of the world's biggest brands. Now she is either busy writing or busy being a mum of two. Her picture books include How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth, illustrated by Kate Hindley, There's a Lion in My Cornflakes, illustrated by Jim Field, A Beginner's Guide to Bear Spotting, illustrated by David Roberts, The Pawed Piper, illustrated by Chinlun Lee, and Tooth Fairy in Training, illustrated by Briony May Smith. Michelle lives in Canada. Find Michelle online at michellerobinson.co.uk, and on Twitter and Instagram as @MicheRobinson.

Chris Mould is an award-winning children book author and illustrator from Yorkshire. He studied Interior Design at Batley & Dewsbury Art College, then Graphic Design & Illustration at Leeds Polytechnic. A sublime draftsman with a penchant for the gothic, he has illustrated the gamut from picture books and young fiction, to theatre posters and satirical cartoons for national newspapers. His stunning reimagining of Ted Hughes' The Iron Man was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal, was a Waterstones' selection of best books of 2019 and shortlisted by Foyles' for Book of the Year 2019. Chris lives in West Yorkshire. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @chrismouldink.

Mould's gorgeous illustrations of Victorian London are the perfect match for Robinson's entertanining story February 2023 Previews The Bookseller