Sean Julian enjoyed art from an early age, focusing on potato printmaking and creating plasticine dinosaurs. Years later he studied at the Mansfield College of Art, before moving to Bristol to study illustration. Being rather big and hairy himself, he was always happiest illustrating big, hairy creatures such as bears and gorillas. This naturally led to a career in children’s books. He now has over twenty years’ experience illustrating and writing for children.
Sam Caldwell is an illustrator based in Glasgow where he lives with his wife and two cats: Tonks and Luna. Sam loves inventing characters and creating images packed full of detail, texture and colour. He is passionate about animals and nature, and – when not drawing – can often be found exploring the Scottish Highlands.
Ryan studied illustration at the University of Lincoln, England and has worked as an illustrator for the last couple of years since graduating.
He lives on the outskirts of the very hilly city of Sheffield, England, with his family and pets and spends most of his time making pictures for books and magazines.
Samantha Meredith graduated from Loughborough University in 2001 with a BA(Hons) in Illustration. She currently works from a little house in North London, drawing pictures all day whilst drinking tea and wearing panda slippers. She spends most of her time designing and illustrating children’s books. She also occasionally works in-house for various studios… but leaves the pandas at home.
Sarah Horne grew up in Derbyshire, studied Illustration at Falmouth College of Arts and gained a Master’s degree at Kingston University. She is the illustrator of CHARLIE CHANGES INTO A CHICKEN by Sam Copeland. She now lives in Forest Hill, South London and specialises in funny, inky illustration.
Sarah Lodge graduated from Cambridge School of Art’s MA in Children’s Book Illustration in 2014 with a distinction. In 2015, she was shortlisted for the AOI World Illustration Awards New Talent Award. She is a part-time children’s bookseller and illustrator.
