Rumer Godden was one of Britain's most distinguished authors with many justly famous and much-loved books for both adults and children to her credit, including Black Narcissus, The Greengage Summer and The Peacock Spring. She was awarded the OBE in 1993 and died in 1998, aged ninety.
Gary Blythe is a successful illustrator, best known for THE WHALE SONG, which won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Award, and I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS by Michael Morpurgo.
He lives in Merseyside.