Harriet Tuppen

Harriet was born and grew up in the UK. She met her husband, Neil, in 2000 while working for a year in Toronto, Canada. After bringing him back to London with her for 5 years (her Canadian souvenir!), he finally persuaded her to move back to Toronto, where they lived for 10 years and had 3 lovely (well, most of the time...) kids: Annabel, Charlotte and Oliver. Then, a year ago, the whole family packed their bags and moved out West to live on beautiful Vancouver Island.

Harriet's writing career started a while back when she quit her corporate role to spend more time with the kids. Having a little more time on her hands (though frankly not as much as she'd expected!), she thought it would be fun and meaningful to write a book for her littlest one's 3rd birthday. What does Oliver like...? Diggers ... check! Anything blue ... check! And so The Little Blue Digger was conceived. Harriet found creating her first picture book for kids such a rewarding task that she immediately started planning several more and so The Little Digger has become a much-loved series.