Hazel Mitchell is the author and illustrator of Toby from Candlewick Press. She is also the illustrator of Imani's Moon (Charlesbridge), One Word Pearl (Charlesbridge), Animally (Kane Miller), Where Do Fairies Go When It Snows? (Down East) amongst others.Before becoming a children's book creator Hazel served for several years in the British Royal Navy before working as a designer and commercial illustrator in England (her home country) and USA. She attended art college in Great Britain close to her birthplace of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Now she lives in Maine and works from her home studio. She still misses fish, chips and mushy peas, but is learning to love lobster. She has two poodles, Toby and Lucy, plus a cat called Sleep. Represented by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown Ltd., NYC.Website http://hazelmitchell.comLatest Books:Do Fairies Bring The Spring? (by Liza Gardener Walsh) Down East Publishing 2017Toby written and illustrated by Hazel Mitchell, Candlewick Press 2016Where do Fairies go in the Snow? (by Liza Gardener Walsh) Down East Publishing 2015Kenya's Art (by Linda Trice) Charlesbridge 2015Animally (by Lynn Sutton)Kane Miller Publishing 2015Imani's Moon (by JaNay Brown-Wood) Charlesbridge Publishing 2014 One Word Pearl (by Nicole Groeneweg) Charlesbridge Publishing 20131,2,3 by the Sea (by Dianne Moritz) Kane Miller Publishing 2013Double Crossed at Cactus Flats (by Rich Williams) ABDO 2013Hidden New Jersey (by Linda Barth) Charlesbridge Publishing 2012All Star Cheerleader Books 1-4 (by Anastasia Suen) Kane Miller 2012How to Talk to an Autistic Kid (by Daniel Stefanski) Free Spirit 2011