When's your birthday and where were you born?
9 September 1962 in Bexleyheath, London.
What's your favourite book?
The Giant Jam Sandwich.
Your most treasured possession?
A toy traction engine I've had all my life.
Your favourite song?
It's very gloomy but I love 'The Day Before You came' by Abba.
And your favourite film?
The Railway Children
When did you start illustrating?
I've drawn since I was a toddler but I was nine when I decided I was going to be
a professional artist one day.
Where do you get your ideas?
From everywhere and nowhere. From observing the world but also from doing lots of daydreaming and remembering what it felt like to be a child!