Published Work:
'Cactus Annie', / Melanie Williamson, Hodder Children's Books (2010). Nipper McFee / Rose Impey, a series of 8 books, Orchard Books (2010). Cluck-a-Moodle Farm Series: ' Stop Yawning its Morning', 'Go to Sleep Sheep'/ Julie Sykes, Hodder Children's Books (2009). 'Pirate Pete's Potty' and 'Princess Polly's Potty' / Andrea Pinnington, Ladybird (2009). 'The Great Nursery Rhyme Disaster' / David Conway, Hodder Children's Books (2008). That Pesky Dragon’ / Julie Sykes, Hatchette Children’s Books (2007). I Win!’ / Lynne Rickards, Egmont UK (2007). Rise and Shine’ / Dana Meachen Rau, Intervisual Books, USA (2007). Three Goats Gruff and a Grumpy Troll’ / Emily Gale, Ladybird (2007). Cinderella’s Party Night’ / Emily Gale, Ladybird (2007). Queen Aneena’s Feast’ / Julia Donaldson, OUP (2006). The Wrong Kind of Knight’ / Julia Donaldson, OUP (2006). Oxford Junior Rhyming Dictionary’ / John Foster, OUP (2005).'Hound Dog’ / David Bedford, OUP  July (2005). 'The Sparrow the Crow and the Pearl’ / Rosalind Kerven, OUP (2005). 'New Blue Shoes’ / Louise Spencely, OUP (2004). 'Fairy Tales’ / Stan Cullimore, Pearson Educational, (2003). 'My First Book of Christmas Poems’ / John Foster, OUP (2003). 'My First Book of Nonsense Poems’ / John Foster, OUP (2003). 'Hubble Bubble’ / Andrew Fusek Peters, Hodder Wayland (2003). 'Drift Upon a Dream’ / John Foster, OUP (2002). 'The Tricky Troll and Billy Goats Gruff’ / Cynthia Rider, CUP (2001). 'After School Club  Series, Helen Pielichaty, OUP. 'Jolene’s Back (2006) Clubbing Again’ (2006) ‘Sammie’s Back’ (2005).'Alex’s Back’ (2005). ‘Starring Sammie’,'Starring Alex’,
''Starring Jolene’, 'Starring Brody’.

Awards:
Rotherham Children's Book
Award for 'Wolf's Magnificent
Master Plan'.

Shortlisted for the Sheffield
Children's Book Award for
'The Great Nursery Rhyme
Disaster'.

See Melanie's
Illustrations

Melanie has been a fan of illustrations and pictures from a very early age.
She is particularly inspired by quirky characters and bold, vivid colour and pattern (especially if they clash!).
So far she has written two books, 'Cactus Annie' and 'Wolf's Magnificent Master Plan'.
She is chuffed to bits to have had 'That Pesky Dragon' read out on Cbeebies Bedtime Story and thoughly giddy that 'Wolf' was animated for CITV's Bookaboo programme (he even walked!!).