Matilda Harrison, an illustrator from Britain, received her education at Middlesex Polytechnic and St. Martin's School of Art. She has created artwork for numerous children's books, including Glen Petrie's Lucy and the Pirates and Edward Lear's Bisky Bats and Pussy Cats: The Animal Nonsense Rhymes.
In 1999, Chronicle Books published The Queen's Amulet a children's book illustrated by her, with the story written by Julianne Balmain.