Ellan Rankin

Ellan Rankin has received many accolades for her illustration work, including: being shortlisted for Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2024, winning the Sebastian Walker Prize for Picture Books 2020, winning the Carmelite Prize 2020, and winnin Picture This 2020.A huge animal lover, her first book as author-illustrator is The Secret Elephant, is a heartfelt, beautifully illustrated story of a special friendship between a baby elephant and her keeper, based on the incredible true story of Denise Weston Austin at Belfast Zoo.