Yuval Zommer

Yuval Zommer graduated from London’s Royal College of Art with an MA in Illustration. He has worked as a creative director at many leading advertising agencies. His passion for picture books has now won, and he is the author/illustrator of highly acclaimed children’s books. Yuval lives and works in an old house in Notting Hill where he overlooks a small garden which is visited by urban foxes, squirrels, birds and many insects, some of which later find their way into his stories. His other favourite places are The Natural History Museum and the Zoo. 'The Big Blue Thing on the Hill' (Templar 2014) was Yuval's debut picture book, followed by 'One Hundred Bones' (Templar 2015) and he is currently working on a sequel. Yuval has been nominated for the ‘Read it Again’ Cambridgeshire Children’s Book Award 2015 and the Teach Primary New Book Award 2015 as well as winning the 'Heart of Hawick' New Book Award 2015. His eagerly awaited non-fiction large format title 'THE BIG BOOK OF BUGS' (Thames and Hudson) will be published in seven languages in March 2016.