Polly Dunbar is one of the best known author/illustrators working in the UK today, she has created many much loved books for children.

Polly spent her childhood years in Stratford-Upon-Avon and her teenage years in Norwich.

​After school, she completed a foundation course at Norwich School of Art and then went on to do a degree in illustration at Brighton University.

​Polly's bestselling book, Penguin, has won numerous awards including the Book Trust Early Year's Award 2007, the Nestle Silver Children's Book Prize 2007, the Practical Pre-School Award 2007, the Red House Children's Book of the Year Award 2008 and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

Polly has worked with many authors including, David Almond, Raymond Antrobus, Michael Morpurgo, Michael Rosen, Eoin McLaughlin and her mother Joyce Dunbar.

In 2006 Polly and her art school friend Katherine Morton co-founded Long Nose Puppets, the Brighton based children’s theatre company. Their adaptations include Shoe Baby, Arthur's Dream Boat, Penguin and most recently The Hug.

Polly lives in Waveny Valley, Suffolk, with her partner, their two boys and two very fluffy cats.