Cheryl Orsini taught herself to draw as a little girl. She grew a little taller, studied Visual Communications at UTS and finally, when she could grow no more, she started illustrating children's books, magazines and decorating a great many peg dolls! She’s now illustrated over fifty books including Fairy!, Dragon!, Mermaid!, The Travelling Bookshop, and Caravan Fran. Her most recent collaborations with author Maddy Mara are The Greatest Mistakes That Went Right and The Wonders of Never Giving Up.