Jumblebum

Chae Strathie is an award-winning children’s author and journalist who grew up in a tiny village surrounded by a forest in Scotland, which probably explains a lot. His first attempt at professional writing was creating a Star Wars comic at the age of seven. He sold two copies and made a total of four pence. A regular at major book festivals, Chae has toured the length and breadth of the UK and visited schools as far afield as Romania, reading his stories, acting the goat and singing silly songs about worm ice cream and beard-growing. He lives in Dundee with three annoying cats and a very old goldfish called Lazarus.

Ben Cort studied illustration at Harrow College. He has illustrated several successful books for children including Pigs Can’t Fly (Little Tiger) and Smoky Dragons (Little Tiger). This is his first project for Campbell Books – a welcome addition to the list!