Author Biography
Camilla de la Bedoyere has an academic background in the biological sciences and is a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. She is an experienced writer of books for children and adults, most of which focus on the natural world; it's a career that has occupied much of the last 20 years. She has also worked in journalism, and was the editor of a children's page in a British newspaper for five years. When she is not writing, Camilla teaches literacy at a London high school and she enjoys traveling to watch wildlife in action. Mark Ruffle was born near Bristol in 1973. He graduated from the University of the West of England with a degree in Graphic Design in 1995. After leaving college Mark worked as a visualizer, then in 1997 started working for Oxford University Press as an Art Buyer. Mark has been freelancing since 2000 and has enjoyed working for a wide variety of clients including Aardman, producing illustrations for Flash. He has designed and illustrated web content for the BBC to accompany television programs such as Hustle, Holby City and Bleak House. Mark works in Adobe Illustrator and is equally happy drawing illustrations for books, packaging, advertising or animation. Galia Bernstein was born and raised in Israel. She started as a designer and illustrator in the Israeli's army magazine when she was 18 years old. After her service ended she worked as a designer and art director in childrens magazines and started illustrating books and writing comic strips for kids. She moved to New York to study illustration in Parsons School of Design and today she lives in Brooklyn NY. She is represented by NB Illustration in London, UK and works with clients all over the world including Candlewick Press, Franklin Watts, Ladybird Books, Sterling Publishing, Pearson, Oxford University Press, Scholastic and Macmillan.
