Paula is inspired by her rural surroundings and her love of the environment. She creates Picture Book stories about owls, echidnas, bower birds, magpies and of course working dogs. Paula also writes longer form stories for older children, stories that are included in many anthologies and she is also working on a Junior Fiction series and a Middle Grade novel. Jenny illustrates people in a realistic style, and also does fun looser styles for younger kids. Her 20 books have been translated into languages as diverse as Finnish, Spanish and Thai. A love of anatomy underpins her characters. Her inspirations include Arthur Rackham and Lisbeth Zwerger.