The Rainbow Magic and Magic Animal Friends books are written by a small collective of authors under the name Daisy Meadows. 

Rainbow Magic is the no.1 bestselling series for girls aged 5 and up with over 30 million copies sold worldwide!

Georgie Ripper was born in London and is a children's book illustrator known for her work on the Rainbow Magic series of fairy books.

She won the Macmillan Prize for Picture Book Illustration in 2000 with My Best Friend Bob and Little Brown Bushrat which she authored and illustrated.