Chlo� Inkpen grew up surrounded by picture books and has a natural gift for storytelling. She studied graphics, photography and illustration at the Glasgow School of Art and after graduating in 2008, was awarded second place in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration. Chlo� then began writing with her father, Mick Inkpen, and together they have created a wonderful new picture book series which they write together and Chlo� illustrates.