Kathleen Hale

Kathleen was an illustrator, children's author and British artist she was born on the 28th May 1898 in Lancashire and dies on 26th January 2000. She moved to London in 1917 she worked sometime as an artist and in the 1920s she earned a living as an illustrator and did commissions for book jackets and by selling her own drawings.
  One of her most known books is called Oralando The Marmalade Cat which were a series of books.. It was one of the most popular children’s book of the 1940’s and 50’s. She created Orlando so she could entertain her own children at bedtime.

The Book Orlando's Evening Out by Kathleen Hale