Helen Cooper is an author and illustrator whose work includes classic titles such as The Bear Under the Stairs, Pumpkin Soup, The Baby Who Wouldn’t Go to Bed and Tatty Ratty.She was brought up in Cumbria and published her first book in 1987.Her books have been translated into 26 languages and won many awards including the Library Association Kate Greenaway Medal – twice.Most recently she has written and illustrated The Hippo at the end of the Hall; a children’s novel published by David Fickling Books. She lives in Oxford with a very large grand piano and draws in Museums often.Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See here for more details