Mandy Sinclair was born halfway between Coatbridge and Airdrie (slightly more Airdrie according to her birth certificate) but as she lived all of her early years in Coatbridge, that's what she always puts down! She worked in Glasgow libraries for decades but always wanted to be an illustrator, so returned to college as a mature student with a mind to getting published. Her wish was answered when she was taken on by Brian Whittingham to illustrate his collection of children's poems, Septimus Pitt and the Grumbleoids, which was launched at the Aye Write! Festival, February 2007. She has also been giving illustration workshops in schools and libraries over the last two years. She has just finished illustrating a nursery rhyme book called Rhyme Time. She lives in Erskine, Renfrewshire with her husband, two teenage kids and Meg the dog, who is allergic to grass!!
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