Howard the Average Gecko

Wendy is a Doctor of English Literature and an award-winning children's author. Her debut children's book, A Hen in the Wardrobe, was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award for 'Outstanding First Novel', was selected as one of the Guardian's 'Best 50 diverse Children's Books since the 1950s' and won the John C Laurence Award for 'improving relations between the races'. Wendy is also the author of several picture books, including the highly acclaimed Lubna andPebble-a TIME Magazine '10 Best YA and Children's Books of 2019'. Carmen Saldaña lives in Gijon, a little rainy city in the north of Spain. She is a freelance illustrator specialising in illustrationfor children´s books.

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