The Island and the Bear

About Louise Greig

Louise Greig is a poet and author born in Scotland. She has won several writing prizes including the Manchester Writing for Children Competition and the Wigtown Poetry Prize. She is inspired by the Scottish landscape and the company of animals. She lives in Aberdeen with her rescue greyhound Smoky. Vanya Nastanlieva was born and raised in Bulgaria. She studied book design at The National Academy of Art in Sofia Bulgaria and received her MA in Children's Book Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art. Her picture book Mo and Beau was Highly Commended in the 2011 Macmillan Prize for Children's Book Illustration and was published in 2015. She currently lives in Cambridge England.