Maisie Jones and the Dinosaur Bones

About Lily Murray

Jenny Løvlie grew up in Northern Norway on Ekkerøy a tiny peninsula sticking out into the Barents Sea where she was the first child to be born in twelve years. Jenny studied Illustration and Animation at Kingston University in London and graduated with a BA Hons in 2014. She draws inspiration from the wild landscapes of Scandinavia nordic folklore and Scandinavian design. In 2019 Jenny won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for best illustrated book for The Girls written by Lauren Ace. Her favourite things are going on adventures in her van camping bird-watching cooking and reading.Lily Murray grew up in the wilds of snowy nowhere spending much of her time making up stories. She has continued to do this in her adult life and now writes both fiction and non-fiction books for children. Her titles include: Dinosaur Department Store and Hello Hotdog Monet's Cat and Dinosaurium. For Macmillan she has collaborated with Julia Woolf to create Mr Badger's Christmas Wish and Little Bunny's Easter Surprise as well as A Dress With Pockets and The Girl Who LOVES Bugs with Jenny Løvlie.