About Illustrator

Fran Preston-Gannon

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About Frann Preston-Gannon

The captivating and playful illustrations are provided byĀ Frann Preston-Gannon. She has brought life and imagination to every page, enough to make children and adults alike stop in their tracks.

Frannā€™s first picture book, The Journey Home, was published in 2012 and was shortlisted for both the Waterstones Childrenā€™s Book Prize in 2013 and the Cambridgeshire ā€˜Read it Againā€™ book Prize.

In 2011, she became the first UK recipient of the ā€˜Sendak Fellowshipā€™ and spent a month living with and learning from Maurice Sendak.

She is one-fifth of the design group Zombie Collective who specialize in workshops and pop-up galleries. They have worked with clients such as Tate Britain, the House of Illustration, the Design Museum, the British Library and UCL Hospital, creating workshops for both adults and children.