The Secret Rescuers: The Sea Pony

About Paula Harrison

Paula Harrison (Author) Paula Harrison is the author of the Red Moon Rising trilogy The Rescue Princesses series and the Secret Rescuers series. She wanted to be a writer from a young age but spent many happy years being a primary school teacher first. She finds inspiration in lots of things from cloud shapes to snippets of conversation. She loves sandy beaches and eating popcorn. She lives with her husband and children in Buckinghamshire which is nowhere near the sea. Whenever possible she packs her family into the car and journeys far and wide to find a sandy beach where she can paddle in the waves.Sophy Williams (Illustrator) Sophy Williams is an award-winning illustrator with twenty-five years experience illustrating children's books. While still studying she twice won prizes in the Readers Digest Young Illustrator's competition and was runner up for the Mother Goose Award for her first picture book. She spent some of her childhood in exotic locations such as Singapore Hong Kong and the Middle East and often finds her illustrations being influenced by these places. Her pictures are filled with atmosphere and drama created with soft pastels. She now lives by the Kennet and Avon canal in Bradford on Avon with her husband author/illustrator MP Robertson their two lanky teenage sons and a mischievous grey cat called Hamish. When not illustrating she sings and performs in a choir grows fruit and veg on her allotment and drinks lots coffee with her friends.