Flora McDonnell

Flora Mary McDonnell, as the daughter of an Earl also known as Lady Flora McDonnell (born 7 November 1963) is an artist, illustrator, and prize-winning author of children's books. Early life McDonnell is the eldest daughter of Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim, the sister of the 10th Earl, and a niece of the artist Hector McDonnell. McDonnell was educated at St Mary's Shaftesbury, an independent Roman Catholic girls’ school Gresham's School, a mixed independent school in Norfolk, and Exeter College, Oxford, from 1982 to 1984, then at the City and Guilds of London Art School from 1984 to 1989. McDonnell began her children's book career in 1994 with publishing I Love Animals (1994). Since then, she has published many children's books and collaborated with authors and poets.