Hannah Peck is an author and illustrator from London, UK. She studied English Literature at university. Her debut series, Kate on the Case, was nominated for the V&A Illustration Awards in 2022, as well as the Alligator's Mouth Award in 2022 and 2024 respectively. Inspired by folklore and water-magic, her latest middle grade novel The River Thief follows a miller's daughter who meets a sea-fey in the river by her village.