Jenni Desmond is an artist, illustrator and award-winning picture book maker. She lives and works in London. Her books have been featured as a best book of the year in The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and The Guardian, amongst others. Jenni is a Maurice Sendak Fellow and a Kate Greenaway Medal nominee, and her book The Polar Bear was a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book.  She can be read in over 20 languages around the world.  Alongside picture books Jenni also enjoys projects such as food illustration, packaging and advertising commissions.