Heather Haylock

As a child, Heather Haylock could often be found reading a book while sitting on her horse, or perched way up high in a tree. Nowadays Heather loves the challenge of knitting words into stories of her own.

She is the author of the popular and award-winning Granny McFlitter series - Granny McFlitter the Champion Knitter (2018), which won a Storylines Notable Book Award 2019 and was shortlisted for the Best Picture Book category of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults; Granny McFlitter: A Country Yarn (2019); Granny McFlitter: The Knit Before Christmas (2022); Granny McFlitter's Eggcellent Easter (2023); all of which are recipients of Storylines Notable Picture Book awards. Granny McFlitter Stitches Up a Storm (2025) is the crafty character's latest adventure.

Thanks to all Heather's research for the Granny McFlitter stories, she is able to knit yarn into jumpers and other clever shapes. And if you want to find her, try looking up. She may be reading, writing or knitting way up high in a tree.