Sherryl Clark shares the unexpected publication journey of her new picture book. “The Night Tiger” is a picture book. With a long story behind it. Not a story about the writing, but about what can happen when you least expect it. Originally, “The Night Tiger” was accepted by Allen & Unwin in 2015 and a lovely, eccentric, talented illustrator was chosen and accepted the job. We had several meetings with him (which is often unusual - I have other picture books where I have never met the illustrator) and discussions about the text, and working on it a little more. I saw roughs, then I saw two or three completed page spreads. They were beautiful. Then … nothing really. A few more roughs. Eventually, after several years or more, I was emailed some files of ideas for the other pages. Then nothing. The publishers really tried, but the illustrator was somehow stuck, and was doing other work to earn a living. I tried to be patient, but gradually I lost hope. It became the picture book tha...