Leonie Shearing Born - 4th March 1972 College - Anglia Polytechnic University to study Illustration. BA (hons) 2/1 Illustration 1994 Awards - Runner up in Macmillan Children's book awards 1992 Bisto Book of the Year - Ellis Dillon Award & Bisto Merit Award 2000 Inspiration - I’m especially influenced by children’s sense of humour, the way animals interact with one another, eccentricly dressed people and also events in my own life. Media - I use dip pen and ink with a watercolour wash.