Repair Shop Stories: The Christmas Doll

Amy Sparkes is a best-loved children's books writer. Her books have appeared on CBeebies storytime and been shortlisted for several book awards, including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the BookTrust Best Books Awards for Do Not Enter the Monster Zoo. She runs author events for children, writing workshops for aspiring children’s writers, produces the Writing for Children pages for bestselling Writing Magazine, and writes short stories for Aquila magazine. She co-founded the Writing Magazine Picture Book Prize for aspiring picture book authors.Katie Hickey takes inspiration from her travels and surroundings to create characterful and atmospheric images. She particularly loves creating illustrations about the quirky stories and characters she meets along the way. Her work is also heavily inspired by twentieth century book illustration with its colour palettes and printing processes. She uses a combination of hand rendered print processes and digital techniques to create her work.

A heartwarming Christmas tale