Leigh Hodgkinson is an award-winning animator, and was the creative director of the first Charlie and Lola animation series. Leigh wrote and illustrated her debut picture book 'Colin and the Snoozebox' for Orchard, which has received huge critical acclaim, and was swiftly followed by 'Colin and the Wrong Shadow', and 'Smile!' starring her new character Sunny McCloud. Leigh has also collaborated with author Caryl Hart on 'Don't Dip Your Chips in Your Drink, Kate'. Leigh lives on a hill in London with her husband.