PATRICIA MACCARTHY has illustrated many books for children, including The Tiniest Mermaid (Little Tiger Press), Dewdrop Babies (Random House), The Perfect Princess (Templar), and several picture books by Margaret Mahy - Boom, Baby, Boom, Boom!, 17 Kings, 42 Elephants, and Down the Dragon's Tongue (Frances Lincoln). Her books have been published extensively in the US and Europe. For the Wilderness series Patricia is working in a mixed medium of pen and black ink, and watercolour pastels and pencil-crayons. She lives in Brighton.
