The Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom wrote a novel in 1948 that featured illustrations by who?
Cecil Day-Lewis Cecil Day-Lewis (or Day Lewis) (27 April 1904 – 22 May 1972), often writing as C. Day-Lewis, was an Anglo-Irish poet and the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake. He was the father of actor Daniel Day-Lewis and documentary filmmaker and television chef Tamasin Day-Lewis.
Helen Cooper (illustrator) Cooper has twice been awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. She won for "The Boy Who Wouldn't Go To Bed" in 1996, which she wrote and illustrated. In 1998 she won for "Pumpkin Soup", which she also wrote and illustrated. They were consecutive projects for her.