Pat Hutchins

Who is Pat Hutchins?

Pat Hutchins is an English illustrator and writer of children's books. She won the 1974 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. The work was The Wind Blew, a picture book in rhyme which she also wrote. It shows how "a crowd of people anxiously chase their belongings" in the wind.

Hutchins is married to illustrator Laurence Hutchins, with two children. She has written books for early readers that he has illustrated.