Like mother, like daughter: Following in the footsteps of a famous parent

Like mother, like daughter. Shirley Hughes and her daughter Clara Vulliamy together after working on their first collaboration, "Dixie O'Day". A model of Dixie and his sidekick Percy is in front of them on the table.

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Keeping it in the family

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Children's author Shirley Hughes has written more than 70 books and sold more than 11.5 million copies
• Her daughter Clara Vulliamy followed in her footsteps as a writer and illustrator and has written 25 books
• Their first collaboration Dixie O'Day is published in September, written by Hughes and illustrated by Vulliamy

 If your mother is one of the world's best-loved children's authors who has written more than 70 books and sold well in excess of 11.5 million copies, you might think about taking a different career path.

Not Clara Vulliamy.

Undaunted by the success of her mother Shirley Hughes, whose creations include Dogger and the Alfie series, Vulliamy has followed her lead.

She has written and illustrated 25 children's books and -- like her mother -- wrote her first book soon after having children of her own.

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Now the mother-daughter team have collaborated for the first time on a new series called "Dixie O'Day", written by Hughes and illustrated by Vulliamy, with the first book to be published in September 2013.