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Emily Haworth-Booth.

Writer & illustrator · United Kingdom

Emily Haworth-Booth: British picture-book maker behind The King Who Banned the Dark and The Last Tree — bold, slightly political picture books on community and environment, for ages 5–9.

Emily Haworth-Booth is a British author-illustrator best known for The King Who Banned the Dark (2018), a quietly political picture book about a king who outlaws darkness only to have his subjects rebel against the resulting forced brightness, and her follow-up The Last Tree. Haworth-Booth's style is bold, slightly retro-printmaking and politically aware. Her books tend to handle democratic, environmental and community themes inside picture-book setups for ages 5–9. A reliable contemporary UK literary-picture-book author-illustrator.