Rain Before Rainbows

About Smriti Halls

Smriti Halls is an award-winning internationally bestselling childrens author whose books include the Number 1 bestseller I Love You Night and Day T-Veg and Don't Call Me Sweet. She is published in more than 30 languages ... and counting. Her stories sometimes fast-paced and funny sometimes lyrical and tender are always full of heart and speak to the child in all of us. Previously Smriti worked at the BBC and across childrens publishing and television as a writer and commissioning editor for twelve years. Find her online www.smriti.co.uk and follow her on twitter @SmritiPH.David Litchfield first started to draw when he was very young creating Star Wars and Indiana Jones mash up comics for his older brother and sister. Since then Davids work has appeared in magazines newspapers books and on T-shirts. Davids first author/illustrator picture book The Bear & The Piano won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2016. He has also illustrated picture books for authors Ross Montgomery Andy Stanton and Sally Lloyd-Jones as well as book covers for David Almond Kate DiCamillo Neil Patrick Harris and many more. Follow him on instagram @david_c_litchfield on twitter @dc_litchfield and visit his website www.davidlitchfieldillustration.com.