Ella Burfoot studied Illustration at Falmouth College of Arts. She has since written and illustrated several picture books including BETTY AND THE YETI also for Macmillan, and picked up awards along the way and a Kate Greenaway Medal nomination for DARKNESS SLIPPED IN. Ella lives in deepest, darkest Dorset with her partner Sam and their two young children. She comes up with most of her story ideas while out walking in the countryside with Daisy the dog -- who isn't afraid of the dark!