Jane Ray is an English illustrator of more than 70 children's books. She is the writer and illustrator of some including Can You Catch a Mermaid? Ahmed and the Feather Girl and The Elephants Garden She won the 1992 Nestlé Children's Book Prize in the 6- to 8-year-old readers category for the Story of the Creation, published by Orchard Books, and has been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal several times. She was also a nominee for the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava 2017.
Jane Ray was born in Chingford, London. After a degree course at Middlesex University in Ceramics and 3 Dimensional Design she began her career by designing greetings cards and wrapping paper published by Roger La Borde. Ray lives and works in London.
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