The Snow Dragon

Abi Elphinstone grew up in Scotland where she spent most of her childhood running wild across the moors, hiding in tree houses and building dens in the woods. After being coaxed out of her tree house, she studied English at Bristol University and then worked as an English teacher in Tanzania, Berkshire and London.

She is the bestselling author of the Ember Spark series, Sky Song, Saving Neverland, The Unmapped Chronicles, The Dreamsnatcher trilogy and, for younger readers, The Snow Dragon and The Frost Goblin. When she’s not writing, Abi works as a trustee for The Lamp of Lothian, speaks in schools about the transformative power of reading and writing, and travels the world looking for her next story. Her latest adventures include living with the Kazakh Eagle Hunters in Mongolia and dog-sledding across the Arctic.

From an early age Fiona knew that she wanted to earn her living drawing. Since graduating from Glasgow School of Art she has been working freelance in London on animated films, commercials, animation artwork for West End shows, and illustration work.

She explores a variety of subject matter through self-initiated and commercial work, deriving inspiration from new places, brilliant people, bold patterns, structures, and subtle details in everyday life.

All the projects she works on have a paper-based handmade origin. She likes to work with a combination of pencil, paint, charcoal, children’s blow pens, cutting stencils, and experimenting with print techniques whilst dreaming up new characters and stories.

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