Susan Varley is an award-winning artist who has illustrated many books for Andersen Press. Her picture book Badger's Parting Gifts that deals with grief, is one of the most enduring of all time, winning many prizes, including the Mother Goose Award in 1985. Jeanne Willis is an award-winning children's author and scriptwriter. She had her first picture book published by Andersen at the age of 21, and has won the Silver Medal Smarties Prize ( Tadpole's Promise ), the Nasen Special Needs Award ( Susan Laughs ), the Sheffield Children's Book Award ( Who's in The Loo ) and the Red House Children's Book Award ( Bottoms Up ). Jeanne has also worked on scripts for TV, including Polly Pocket and The Slow Norris , and a pilot TV series for Dr Xargle .