Joyce Lankester Brisley was born in 1896 and studied at the Lambeth School of Art. The first Milly-Molly-Mandy stories were published in 1925 in The Christian Science Monitor, and a first collection of these stories was published in book form in 1928. An accomplished artist as well as a writer, Joyce Lankester Brisley designed posters and book jackets and also illustrated the work of other authors. She died in 1978, but Milly-Molly-Mandy's popularity lives on.Catharine Collingridge studied Illustration at Falmouth College of Art, before working as an in-house illustrator designing packaging and promotional products. She is now a freelance illustrator working on children’s publishing and greetings cards in range of styles and media.

Joyce Lankester Brisley was born in 1896 and studied at the Lambeth School of Art. The first Milly-Molly-Mandy stories were published in 1925 in The Christian Science Monitor, and a first collection of these stories was published in book form in 1928. An accomplished artist as well as a writer, Joyce Lankester Brisley designed posters and book jackets and also illustrated the work of other authors. She died in 1978, but Milly-Molly-Mandy's popularity lives on.Catharine Collingridge studied Illustration at Falmouth College of Art, before working as an in-house illustrator designing packaging and promotional products. She is now a freelance illustrator working on children’s publishing and greetings cards in range of styles and media.

Joyce Lankester Brisley was born in 1896 and studied at the Lambeth School of Art. The first Milly-Molly-Mandy stories were published in 1925 in The Christian Science Monitor, and a first collection of these stories was published in book form in 1928. An accomplished artist as well as a writer, Joyce Lankester Brisley designed posters and book jackets and also illustrated the work of other authors. She died in 1978, but Milly-Molly-Mandy's popularity lives on.Catharine Collingridge studied Illustration at Falmouth College of Art, before working as an in-house illustrator designing packaging and promotional products. She is now a freelance illustrator working on children’s publishing and greetings cards in range of styles and media.