Violet and the Smugglers

About Harriet Whitehorn

Harriet Whitehorn grew up in London where she still lives with her husband and three daughters. She has studied at Reading University the Architectural Association and The Victoria and Albert Museum and has always worked in building conservation. She currently works for English Heritage. Violet and the Pearl of the Orient was her first children's book and the first in a series followed by Violet and the Hidden Treasure and Violet and the Smugglers. Becka Moor studied Illustration for Children's Publishing in the North of Wales at Glyndwr University. She has since moved back home to Manchester where she works under the strict supervision of two very mischievous cats doodling away and drinking far too much coffee.