Annet Schaap is one of the Netherlands best-loved authors and illustrators. Her debut novel Lampie won four prizes in the Netherlands and Flanders, including the Golden Pencil for the best Dutch childrens book of the year, was translated into twenty languages and was the first translated book to ever be shortlisted for the UKs Carnegie Medal. It is also available from Pushkin Childrens Books. nLaura Watkinson is a full-time translator from Dutch, Italian and German. She has also translated many titles for Pushkin Childrens Books, including Jan TerlouwsWinter in Wartime, Tonke Dragts The Letter for the King and Annet Schaaps Of Salt and Shore. She lives in Amsterdam.n