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Ben Lerwill

Ben Lerwill is a multiple award-winning writer. His work has appeared in a host of publications including National Geographic Traveller, Time Out, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian. Over the past decade he's won four British Guild of Travel Writers' Awards, and often focuses on wildlife, rail journeys and the outdoors. Best of all, he writes fascinating, magical non-fiction stories that will amaze and inspire - just like the ones in this book.

Beatrice Blue is an author-illustrator and Art Director working both in publishing and in animation. She has worked with companies like Harper Collins, Hachette, Quarto, Nickelodeon, Apple TV+, Dreamworks TV, Hasbro, Square-Enix and Lonely Planet among many others.

Her debut picture book "Once Upon a Unicorn Horn" has been translated into more than 10 languages and was nominated for the Waterstones Children's book prize 2020.

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