About
Lydia Monks is a bestselling illustrator and author of children’s books, and lives in Sheffield with her husband and two daughters. Lydia attended Kingston University, where she studied for a degree in Illustration.
A keen Irish dancer, she wins trophies at the weekend. She also enjoys going to aerobics, watching films and visiting friends. Lydia lists her favourite food as ice-cream, and her extravagance as buying a cornflake cake at the bakers when she only went in to buy a loaf of bread!
Lydia’s books, ‘Aaarrggh Spider!’ and ‘I Wish I Were a Dog’ have won many awards and accolades. She has just finished the fourth book in her own pre-school series ‘Mungo Monkey’.