The Purple Pail

Christine Ieronimo writes stories that provide windows to our world, a world that she loves so much. She is passionate about supporting education for girls and also the need for clean water in rural places. Niki Leonidou studied Visual Communication at the Kent Institute of Art and Design in UK.

She has been working as a freelance illustrator since 2001 and more than 180 books with her work have been published worldwide. She has illustrated a lot of picture books, educational books, book jackets for children's books and many more. Her picture book Looking for Misty was nominated for the international Keycolours award for best picture book concept in Hasselt, Belgium, 2014.