Dr Ffion Jones is a children's author and illustrator, living on the Swansea coast. Her passion is for writing books that help children work through difficult issues such as bullying, serious illness and bereavement. Her books encourage open conversations with children about their experiences and feelings. She is a passionate mental health advocate and works in primary schools delivering wellbeing workshops.
She also co-directs, writes and illustrates the Nurse Ted series of books, supporting children whose parents have been diagnosed with serious illnesses such as cancer (www.nurseted.com). More recently, she founded Fly Me Stories, a social enterprise sending personalised stories to seriously unwell children in hospitals, hospices and at home (www.flymestories.com). As well as writing, she has been a creative writing and art tutor for a number of years.