ABOUT THE AUTHOR

After a career in the BBC on the production side working mainly on children's film drama, Avril Rowlands began her writing career with an eight-part children's drama series, God’s Wonderful Railway which was commissioned and made by the BBC and transmitted in 1980 and 1982.  She wrote three books based on the television series and these were published by the BBC.  This was followed up by another television series and subsequent book, Letty, which was made and transmitted by TVS in 1984.  Her other writing for television has included scripts for the pre-school television series, Wizadora and Professor Bubble, and she wrote and directed a 20 minute adult narrative drama for the BBC in 1994.

Since leaving full-time employment in the BBC, Avril has had over 35 books published, both religious and non-religious, mainly for children.  Apart from the McDorwuff series, her religious children's books include the highly popular series, Tales from the Ark, More Tales from the Ark and Rainbow's End, telling what might have happened on board Noah's ark.  Lion also published The Animal's Christmas, The Animal's Easter and Animals in the Bible.  Her most recent book is Animals to the Rescue. 

  ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

John Horton works principally as a wildlife artist enjoying the challenge of portraying animals and birds in their natural environment.  He works as much as possible from field sketches and finds the depiction of landscape and habitat as rewarding as the main subject matter itself.

He is a member of 'The Wildlife Art Society' and exhibits with them at national and regional level.The ethos of the society is to display artwork and  sell it with a percentage of the proceeds going to a variety of conservation causes with a view to improving and protecting the natural environment.

He found the illustration of 'The Tales of the McDorwuffs' particularly rewarding as the philosophy of striving to maintain the landscape and the endeavour to establish harmony with nature is so close to his heart.

John works from his own studio/gallery in the Worcestershire countryside and regularly exhibits work at 'The Lyttleton House Gallery' Great Malvern, UK.  In September 2003 he won 'The Christopher Parsons Award' for artistic excellence at the national exhibition of The Wildlife Art Society.  

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