Jackie Morris is a prize winning, internationally best-selling illustrator, artist and author of over forty children’s books. In 2016 she was shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for Something about a Bear and she won the prize in 2019 for the modern classic, The Lost Words. She also won the CILIP Greenaway Shadowers Choice Sward that year, chosen by children and The Books are My Bag Readers Award. The book was voted the most beautiful book of 2017 by UK booksellers. 
  
On being invited to design the bag, Morris said “As a writer I owe my career to booksellers. As a reader I love the individuality of different stores that so beautifully reflect the personalities of the staff. It is a real honour to be invited to design this year’s Books Are My Bag Limited-Edition Bag, to celebrate Bookshop Day, and I hope it gives readers and lovers of books one more reason to visit their favourite bookshops this autumn.'