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Thomas Docherty biography

Thomas Docherty studied metalwork and sculpture at college in England before becoming an illustrator of children’s books. He has written and illustrated children’s books, and his picture book Little Boat was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2009.

He has created picture books both on his own and in collaboration with Helen Docherty. Their joint books include The Snatchabook, published in 2013, The Storybook Knight, published in 2016, Pirate Nell’s Tale to Tell, published in 2020, and Blue Baboon Finds Her Tune, published in 2022.

His later solo picture books include The Horse That Jumped, published by Farshore in 2021, and Into the Wild, published by Oxford University Press in 2023.