Author Biography
Julia Donaldson, the 2011-2013 Children's Laureate, is the outrageously talented, prize-winning author of the world's most-loved picture books including The Gruffalo and What the Ladybird Heard. The Gruffalo, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, is now a children's classic and publishing phenomenon; celebrating 15 years in 2014, selling over 3 million copies worldwide, was voted Great Britain's favourite bedtime story on BBC Radio 2 and was adapted and broadcast as an animation on BBC 1.Simon Hall is a secondary school teacher, a poet, and author. He studied Scottish Language and Literature at Glasgow University where he was awarded the Ewing Prize for Scottish Literature. Since 2014 he has been one of Education Scotland's Scots Language Co-ordinators, supporting schools in the teaching of Scots and development of Scots language resources. He is the author of The History of Orkney Literature (2010) which was joint winner of the Saltire Society's First Book of the Year award.