Jill Murphy

Jill Murphy is children’s fiction author best known for “The Worst Witch” series of novels. Murphy has been called one of the most engaging illustrators and writers of children’s books in the United Kingdom. Jill was born to an Irish engineer and a book maniac mother who had books all over the house. Growing up in London, she was interested in storytelling and illustrating right from the time she could hold a pen and pencil in hand. By the time she was two years old, she was playing with pens drawing odd shapes on sheets of drawing her mother had. Her mother supported her creativity and kept all her scrapbooks which she still has to this day. She is one of those people that are very fortunate to see how her drawing and handwriting have grown in leaps and bounds over time. In primary school, she had her own collection full of illustrated and handwritten stories.