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Bee Merriman

Agent: Hannah Sheppard

Once upon a time, Bee Merriman was a hippie on a houseboat in Amsterdam. She couldn't afford presents for her friends, so she wrote and illustrated stories to give to them. Since then, she's been a cook, a cleaner, a radio broadcaster (working on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour) and a newspaper journalist. 

Bee now spends most of her time designing and illustrating books for adults with learning disabilities, but she is also a children's book illustrator and a creative writing teacher. 

In addition to all of this, Bee is also a professional storyteller. She has performed at Glastonbury's Kidz Field and Green Field, as well as venues from Orkney to Cameroon. 

​When she's stuck for ideas, she blows bubbles and daydreams. She likes Marmite, gardening and cats.