Peggy Fortnum (1919- 2016) illustrated lots of children's books and was the first illustrator of Paddington Bear. This obituary has some good bits about her process drawing Paddington as well as giving an overview of her life. It is interesting to think about twists of fate and how people might never have fallen into the lives they had. She was run over by a truck, serving in the second world war, the compensation from which helped her to pay for art school.