Judy Watson grew up in a house behind her father’s veterinary clinic, and spent all her holidays on a farm near the beach. When she was not reading or drawing, she could be found lying in the long grass watching bugs and birds. Judy’s picture book with Frances Watts (Goodnight, Mice!) won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Children’s Fiction in 2012, and her illustrations have been shortlisted or longlisted for several awards. She particularly enjoyed drawing Australian plants for Searching For Cicadas (written by Lesley Gibbes).
Photo courtesy of Judy Watson
