Rebecca Patterson
Rebecca Patterson grew up in Bolton and studied Fashion at East London Polytechnic and The Royal College of Art, before going on to do the MA in Children's Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University, where she was one of the winners of the Macmillan Prize.
Her picture book My Big Shouting Day! (Puffin) won the prestigious Roald Dahl Funny Prize, was chosen for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Program and has become a bestseller in China.
Recent and forthcoming picture books include Four Bad Unicorns (Andersen) and How Many Sleeps Till Christmas? (Happy Yak).
A new comic middle-grade fiction series written and illustrated by Rebecca will be announced soon.
Rebecca lives in Cambridge and works part time in a primary school where she runs a popular fast paced reception class crafting table.
