Authors and illustrators
Thomas Elliott
Thomas Elliott is an illustrator and designer with a keen love of nature. When he’s not creating beautiful books, he likes to spend time with his family and two dogs.
Various Authors
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Wendy J Warren
From a young age Wendy has drawn, however in her early years she always drew people wearing ballet shoes as she couldn't do feet very well. Wendy's colourful illustrations are inspired by the people, quirky architecture and natural landscape around her, infusing her work with a vibrant and whimsical quality that captures the imagination.
Stephanie Stansbie
Stephanie Stansbie has been a children’s book editor since the nineties and an author since the noughties. She adores editing and writing in equal measure and has always worked on illustrated books, where the art is as important as the word. The books she has written have been translated into over 15 different languages. Stephanie lives in Oxford and enjoys yomping about with her family and friends, and playing capoeira.
Steve Smallman
Steve Smallman worked as a children’s book illustrator for 20 years before he decided to ‘have a go’ at writing his own. Now, over 100 books later, he’s still at it! He visits schools, libraries and festivals, and paints murals too! When he’s not working, he enjoys holidays, watching TV, gardening and juggling grandchildren!
Sam Lloyd
‘Mr Pusskins’, Sam’s first hilarious book for Orchard, won the Booktrust Early Years Award for Best Pre-School Book, was a New York Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the V&A Illustration Award and Sheffield Book Prize. She also created the brilliant Whoops-a-Daisy World series of books for Orchard, which started with ‘Doctor Miaow’s Big Emergency’. Sam has written and illustrated a number of novelty books including the Richard and Judy prize-winning ‘Calm Down, Boris’ for Templar. In 2008 Sam was Highly Commended in the Big Picture Campaign’s Best New Illustrator Awards. Sam lives in Brighton.
Pintachan
Pintachan’s real name is Pablo! And he lives in the north of Spain with his family where he enjoys watching old sci-fi movies, eating liquorice and, of course, illustrating children’s books. Pablo has worked for Hachette, Abrams Kids, Running Press, Quarto and McDonalds to name but a few.
Nikolas Ilic
Nikolas Ilic is an Emmy Award winning artist working in both animation and children's books. Originally from Toronto Canada, he now resides in sunny Los Angeles with his wife, son and two dogs. In his spare time he enjoys traveling, woodworking and gardening.
Maudie Powell-Tuck
Maudie Powell-Tuck has been writing, editing and dreaming about picture books for over 12 years. She has worked in a children’s bookshop and as an editor for a children’s publisher, so she can enthuse about kids books ’til the cows come home. When not writing or editing, Maudie can be found pootling around charity shops with her kids, reading, and watching embarrassingly trashy reality tv. She is forever losing her hearing aids and has dropped her phone 1,345,566 times. Miraculously it still works.