Doing the Animal Bop

Jan Ormerod was born in Australia and as a child divided her time between standing on her head, reading and drawing. Jan has divided her adult life between England, America and Australia. She has two grown up daughters, one in New York and one in London.

Her first picture book, Sunshine (1981), won the Mother Goose Award and the Australian Picture Book of the Year, and was also listed as an American Library Association Notable Book in the USA. Since then she has illustrated over 60 picture books, won many honours and awards, and is published in 21 countries. 

Lindsey lives in Dundee, Scotland, where she shares a messy studio with her high maintenance but adorable dogs, Lola and Yuki. They give her lots of love and LOTS of ideas, with much of the same issues to deal with as children. Picky eating, sibling rivalry, toilet training, attention seeking, socialization skills (or lack thereof), fear of baths, not to mention invading her bed in the middle of the night! As anyone with children (or dogs!) knows, the list is endless. At least Lindsey hopes it is, or else where will her next story come from?