Authors and illustrators

Tess Duffin is an illustrator who loves silliness, play and fun! Growing up on their family's farm in rural Leicestershire, Tess went on to study Illustration at Cambridge School of Art. Studying their BA, Tess began to experiment with more analogue materials, from charcoal to ceramics and discovering their love of combining digital and analogue processes. Tess loves to find elements of storytelling in the everyday, whether working on children's illustration, animation or editorially. Tess' work has also been long-listed for the AOI World Illustration Award 2023.

Stella J Jones lives in Yorkshire. She loves baked beans and chocolate (but not together) and building ramshackle bookcases for her far-too-big collection of picture books. On sunny days, you can find her practising yoga al fresco out on the Yorkshire Dales and on rainy days, tucked up on the sofa with her two guinea pigs, Pinky and Perky.

Stephanie lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest region of the United States in Oregon. Drawing from the fields and forests of the area, she loves creating lyrical stories for the nursery. She is most influenced in her writing by having had parents who wisely filled her life with books. It is in their honor that she now writes stories for other parents to share with little ones.

Stephanie Stahl has been working in publishing for four years. Her hobbies include dancing, singing and going to the theatre.

When not immersed in children’s books, Suzanne Chiew loves painting, playing the piano and long walks on the beach.

Thomas Hegbrook is a nature lover with a talent for illustration and design. When he’s not creating beautiful books, he likes to spend time with his wife and son and their two dogs.

Tilly grew up surrounded by animals on a beautiful farm in rural Oxfordshire, and now lives in London with her cat, Oscar. When she’s not writing children’s books, she can usually be found doing yoga in a London park.