Authors and illustrators

Maddie Frost

Maddie Frost grew up in a quiet town and has always been inspired by simple things, like bugs and pebbles. She loves illustrating images that are very funny and silly as well as images that have a more serious or softer tone. A field day for her is putting characters in nature or in an environment where she can really embrace a particular season for a setting. Maddie lives in New Hampshire near lots of trees and dogs with her fiancé and their dog.

Mandy Stanley

Mandy Stanley is an award-winning illustrator, author and designer who has published more than 200 picture, story and activity books for children. Mandy is based in her studio in Suffolk.

Mar Hernandez

Mar Hernández is a professional illustrator from Spain, she is also known as “Malota” and develops work for different fields such as advertising, press and products. One of the fields that she enjoys most is illustration for children’s books. Mar is also an illustration teacher at several universities and is a cum laude doctor in Fine Arts from the University of Valencia, Spain.

Marcelo Badari

Marcelo Badari is from Brazil and likes to create illustrations focused on ideas and characters, with pinches of humour and personal vision. His illustrations have been featured in magazines, books, posters, T-shirts, newspapers and websites in Brazil, USA and Europe. In his spare time he likes to create music and videos, and he enjoys hiking and meditation.

Maria Neradova

Maria grew up in a small town in western Slovakia and studied Graphic Design at Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic. After obtaining her BA, she moved on to studying illustration and printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, where she completed her education with an MA in Arts. She now works as a freelance illustrator.

María Perera

At a very young age María found out that there are few things in life she enjoyed as much as listening to The Beatles and drawing. When she grew up she graduated in Art History at the University of Oviedo and soon after she studied Graphic Design at the Art School of Avilés. Nowadays she still listens to The Beatles and feels fortunate to be able to do what she loves the most for a living: illustration.

Marion Lindsay

Marion Lindsay grew up drawing pictures and inventing stories so it made sense that she would end up being a children’s book illustrator. She studied at Cambridge School of Art, graduating in 2010 with a master’s degree in children’s book illustration and the Egmont Best New Talent Award. She lives in Cambridge and draws all day long, in her spare time she decorates things that don’t move fast enough to get out of the way.