Claire Harcup started her career in non-fiction publishing before getting distracted by the digital world. She spent five happy years commissioning arts and culture projects that use new technology, then set up a mass-participation project to encourage people to sow native varieties of wild flowers for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. She is currently Director of Copy for a team of business writers and strategists. Walker published her first picture book,  This is The Kiss, in January 2017.