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About Martin Jenkins

Martin Jenkins is a conservation biologist and author of many groundbreaking non-fiction books. He worked for ten years for World Conservation Monitoring Centre writing about a range of conservation issues and since 1990 he has worked freelance for organizations such as WWF and a number of UN bodies concerned with conservation and the environment. Martins jobs have varied greatly: Ive been an orchid-sleuth in Germany a timber detective in Kenya and an investigator of the chameleon trade in Madagascar. Martins childrens books include Emperors Egg winner of the Times Junior Information Book of the Year Award and Fly Traps! Plants that Bite Back which was shortlisted for the same award. Jane McGuinness studied Illustration at Maidstone for her BA before completing an MA in Childrens Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. She enjoys experimenting with styles and materials; her most recent work has involved a mixture of ink and brushwork followed by careful digital tinkering. In early 2016 Jane was awarded the Sebastian Walker Prize for Illustration. Her first picture book Say Hi to Hedgehogs was published in 2018. Follow Jane on Twitter under the handle @janelikesyou or visit her at her website: www.janemcguinness.co.uk.