Kitty Crowther - Astrid Lindgren Award

"Opening the door of imagination"

The work of Astrid Lindgren award

winner Kitty Crowther

Belgian author and illustrator Kitty Crowther at the Bologna children's book fair yesterday. Crowther had just heard the news that she had won the Astrid Lindgren memorial award, at SEK5m (£460,000), the world's richest children's books prize. The author, 39, beat British contenders including Quentin Blake, Michael Morpurgo and David Almond

in Guardian.co.UK