Authors & Illustrators
Barbara Firth
After leaving school, Barbara Firth studied pattern cutting at the London College of Fashion. She was offered a job in the Marks and Spencer design department, but turned it down in favour of a job on Vogue knitting books, producing step-by-step illustrations of knitting, crocheting and dressmaking. It was with Walker Books, however, that Barbara was able to do illustration work in her favourite field - natural history - and has gone on to illustrate many award-winning books. Some of Barbara’s best known books include, "Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear?" (written by Martin Waddell) which won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1987 and the 1989 Kurt Maschler Award winning "The Park in the Dark". She now lives in Harrow, England.
