Kim Lewis was born in Canada, in 1951. She did a BA degree in Fine Arts at Concordia University, Montreal, and then moved to London to take a course in advanced printmaking. Since 1980 she has been a self-employed artist and printmaker. Each of her picture books has been set on or around the sheep farm in Northumberland where she lives with her husband and two children. Her other titles include The Shepherd Boy (shortlisted for the 1991 Kate Greenaway Medal); Emma's Lamb; Floss; First Snow; The Last Train; My Friend Harry; One Summer Day; Friends and Just Like Floss.