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 .