Never, Ever, Ever Ask a Pirate to a Party

Clare Helen Welsh (Author) Clare Helen Welsh is a picture book writer who loves dreaming up stories for young readers and their families to enjoy. For many years she was a primary school teacher, which ignited her love of storytelling, reading and role-play. Clare lives in Devon with her husband, two children and her dog, Hope. When she isn't imagining new worlds and creating characters, she enjoys walking on the beach and in the countryside and takes lots of inspiration from the natural world. Anne-Kathrin Behl (Illustrator) Anne-Kathrin Behl, born in 1983, has illustrated and written many children's books since 2009. With her mother having a bookstore, she has always loved children's books and, as soon as she could draw and write, Anne made her own little books and wished to become a professional children's book illustrator. She studied Illustration at the HAW in Hamburg and later moved to Celle, a little town in northern Germany, where she now lives with her husband and her two sons.