Swashbuckle Lil and the Jewel Thief

Elli Woollard is an exciting talent on the picture books scene, who started writing stories after an embarrassing incident in which her youngest son broke Michael Rosen's glasses. In addition to picture books, she also writes children's poems. Her snappy rhymes, catchy rhythms and witty stories are sure to make her a huge success. Elli has written The Giant of Jum, Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories and The Dragon and the Nibblesome Knight for Macmillan, as well as the young fiction series Swashbuckle Li.
Elli lives in London with her four children, her husband and two guinea pigs. Laura Ellen Anderson, is an accomplished illustrator and author, who loves being sucked into other worlds while bringing stories to life through her drawings. Her nickname just happens to be 'Lil, which helps when illustrating her books Swashbuckle Lil: The Secret Pirate and Swashbuckle Lil and the Jewel Theif alongside author Elli Woollard.
and she has been drawing and writing ever since she can remember. As a child, she was convinced her comics were best-sellers, although looking back they make absolutely no sense at all!