The Quayside Cat

　　Toby Forward’s poetic sea-faring tale is complemented perfectly by Ruth Brown’s stunning illustrations.

作者簡介

Toby Forward (Author)

　　Date: 2003-03-03

　　Toby Forward lives in Beverley in North Yorkshire, and is a parish priest in Hull, although he still manages to devote time to writing. He is married to a teacher, and they have two daughters.

　　Toby Forward originally trained as a teacher of English and R.E. and now combines his writing with working as a parish priest.  Some of his stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 under the pseudonym Rahila Khan and Virago published a collection of these stories, which they withdrew from publication once the true identity of the author was revealed!  He has had a teenage novel, Dead Young, published by Simon and Schuster.  This is his first book for Transworld.

　　Author lives: West Yorkshire

Ruth Brown (Illustrator)

　　Ruth Brown is the creator of some of Britain's best loved children's books. She has created a great many picture books for Andersen Press and is highly respected as an author and illustrator. She is married to artist Ken Brown and they have two grown-up sons and one grandchild.