Meet the author

Duncan Beedie.

Writer & illustrator · United Kingdom

Duncan Beedie: British picture-book maker behind The Bear Who Stared, The Lumberjack's Beard and A Hat for Mr Mountain — gentle, character-driven, retro-flavoured picture books for ages 3–6.

Duncan Beedie is a British author-illustrator best known for The Bear Who Stared, The Lumberjack's Beard, A Hat for Mr Mountain, Molehill Mountain and a range of other picture books with quietly funny, character-led setups and gentle moral payoffs. Beedie's style is bright, painterly, character-driven, and slightly retro, well-matched to read-aloud picture-book pacing for ages 3–6. He works as both author-illustrator on his own work and as illustrator for other authors (Cyril the Brick book series, various educational picture books). A reliable contemporary UK picture-book maker with strong giftability.