Julia Rawlinson

I grew up in London, close to Richmond Park - a beautiful deer park big enough to get lost in, where I got to know lots of the characters who have since popped up in my stories and poems.

I have always loved writing - I enjoy the sound and rhythm of words and many of my poems for children have been published in anthologies. My One Week of Poems series of short ebooks covers Christmas, dinosaur, garden, space, football and spooky poems, which are gathered together in the One Week of Poems Omnibus. The most recent books in the series are One Week of Seaside Poems, One Week of Pirate Poems and One Week of Puzzle Poems.

When I had my children I started writing stories and my first picture book, Fred and the Little Egg, was published in 2005. Since then I have written lots of stories about animals including rabbits, mules, dragons, hedgehogs, squirrels, mice and a kind-hearted but easily confused fox called Fletcher, star of the bestselling Fletcher's Four Seasons series.

I have been lucky enough to work with some wonderful illustrators and my books have been published in many languages.