This is a story of the power that comes with building confidence to use your imagination, rather than trying to be just like others.
Frances Tosdevin studied Classics at Cambridge University and worked as a journalist in the Middle East before starting to write for children.
Clémence Monnet lives and works on the outskirts of Paris. She studied at the ESAD in Orléans. She uses Indian ink and watercolour to achieve her very poetic style. "Hector and the Wild Beasts" is her first Children's book published by Seuil Jeunesse in France.