The Abominables

About the Author

VA IBBOTSON was an Austrian-born British novelist whose work has received great admiration and acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Her novels include The Secret of Platform 13, Which Witch? The Great Ghost Rescue, Island of the Aunts, Dial-a-Ghost, and Journey to the River Sea, which won the Smarties Prize, was runner-up for the Guardian Prize, and appeared on the Carnegie, Whitbread, and Blue Peter shortlists. She died in 2010, in her home in Newcastle, England.

IONA ROBINSON is the author-illustrator of The 3-2-3 Detective Agency, The Useful Moose, Whale Shines, and What Animals Really Like, which received the 2012 Irma Black Award and was named by Bank Street as one of 2012’s Best Children’s Books of the Year. Her work has been honored by the Royal Academy of Arts and has been featured in many gallery shows. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.