Harry Woodgate (they/them) is a multi-award-winning author and illustrator whose debut picture book Grandads Camper won the British Book Awards for Children's Illustrated Book of the Year and the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize was shortlisted for the Polari Prize and named as an ALA Stonewall Honor Book. It was inspired by their university dissertation which revealed a lack of representation for older LGBTQIA+ characters in childrens books. Their work has also been shortlisted for the V&A Illustration Awards and the Folio Society Book Illustration Competition twice. When theyre not creating amazing books they love writing music cycling baking and exploring independent coffee shops and bookstores.