Duncan Beedie

Duncan is a children's author & illustrator from Bristol, UK. He has been doodling away since he was a child, sprawled out on his parents' living room floor with a felt tip in his clammy little fist. Although he now does his writing/drawing from a desk in his studio.

His first picture book 'The Bear Who Stared' was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017, while his second title 'The Lumberjack's Beard' was shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards.

More recently he has illustrated the 'I Really Really...' series by Karl Newson and written and illustrated the award winning 'Heavy Metal Badger' published by Little Tiger.