Annie Booker

Annie Booker is an author and illustrator with a love for wildlife and passion for protecting endangered species. Her interest in illustration was nurtured by her aunt who was also a wildlife painter. After graduating from the University of West England, she lived in Bristol and went on to win the Batsford Prize People’s Choice Award as well as a commendation in the Macmillan Prize for her debut, The Great Bear, which also went on to win the English Association Picture Book Award, the Wainwright Prize for Children's Picture Books and was named a Book of the Year by The Guardian. She is in training as a bird ringer with the British Ornithology Trust and documents her experiences on Instagram. She lives in Spain.