Lucy Fleming has been an avid doodler and bookworm since early childhood, and graduated from the University of Lincoln with a first-class honours degree in Illustration. She is the author-illustrator of Ella’s Night Lights and Lily, the Pond Mermaid and has illustrated a number of books including the Betsy Buglove series by Catherine Jacob, Small Person’s Guide to Grandmas, written by Jane Clarke, and River Rose and the Magical Christmas, written by singer Kelly Clarkson. Originally from Warwickshire, she now lives and works in Cheshire. Find her online at lucyflemingillustrations.com and on Instagram as @IllustrateLucy, where she has 231,000 followers.