Trish Cooke was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Her parents are from Dominica in the West Indies, so she’s “a Yorkshire lass who can speak Dominican patois”. She comes from a large family, with six sisters, three brothers, eight nephews, six nieces, three great-nieces and one great-nephew, all of whom provide her with the inspiration for her picture books.
Trish now lives in Bradford with her partner and their two children. When she was pregnant with her first child, Trish decided to turn her hobby, writing, into a full-time career. “You need to have a sense of humour and imagination to write children’s stories. Adults tend to lose themselves in the seriousness of life, whereas children have a simplistic approach. My five-year-old son reads all my stories and reviews them for me. He’s my best critic.” Trish has won many awards for her children’s books.
Sharon Wilson has always enjoyed drawing still life pictures and now teaches drawing lessons to elementary students. She started tangling because it was relaxing, stress-reducing, and fun! Mixing together representational portraits with pen and ink patterns has turned into a favorite hobby of hers, along with photography, gardening, baking, and music.
