Judy Allen is a high-profile author who has won prizes both in theUK and the US: 1987 Christopher Award (US); 1988 WhitbreadChildren's Award; 1989 Friends of the Earth "Earthworm" Award; 1995Washington State Children's Choice Award (US); She has also hadseveral books chosen as Reading Rainbows (US). Tudor Humphriestrained as a theatre costume and set designer before becoming ateacher of life drawing and landscape painting. As an illustrator,he has worked with Judy Allen on many successful animal titles forchildren, including Elephant and Tiger, both published by WalkerBooks in 1992 in the 'Animals at Risk' series. His most recenttitles include Hiding (1997) and A Floating World (1998).