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Berlie Doherty has written many books for young people and has twice won the Carnegie Medal - for Granny Was a Buffer Girl and Dear Nobody. Her other titles include Spellhorn, Daughters of the Sea, Willa and Old Miss Annie (Highly Commended for the 1995 Carnegie Medal), The Magic Bicycle and the anthology Fairy Tales. She has also writes poetry and plays, and adapted her own books for television and radio. Juan Wijngaard was born in Argentina of Dutch parents. In 1970 he came to England and studied at the Royal College of Art. His first picture book, Greenfinger House, won the 1981 Mother Goose Award and in 1985 he was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal for Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady. Among his other titles are Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Nativity, The Midas Touch and the Walker Treasure The King and the Golden River. Juan lives in California.