Hazel Quintanilla has been drawing since she was a little girl, when she used to carry a pencil and a small notebook around in a cute furry bear face bag bought for her by her mum. She also carried cheese strings in it! She really loves dogs and illustrating with bold colours and cute shapes.
Harry Woodgate is an award-winning illustrator who has been drawing for as long as they can remember. Apart from illustration, Harry loves travelling to new places, walking their dogs in the countryside, baking cakes and drinking far too many hot chocolates.
Gabriela Gil has worked as an art educator in museums, an illustration teacher and is currently an illustrator. In 2021 she was among the finalists for the 55th Illustrators Exhibition at Bologna Children’s Book Fair. On days off, she loves to take care of the plants, eat carrot cake and walk in the park with her dog Filó.
Fhiona Galloway has been a freelance illustrator for many years and has enjoyed illustrating for a wide base of clients, including many children’s publishers, which she loves. She lives in the west of Scotland with her husband, daughter and giant schnauzer and when she’s not working, likes to spend time walking, watching films and reading.
Fernando is a freelance illustrator from Valencia, Spain. He graduated in Media and Audiovisual Communication. Drawing is what he enjoys the most; it connects him with his childhood when there were no big worries. You can see that in his cheerful illustrations. He works mainly digitally and he likes using limited but colourful palettes.
Frances Ives’ love of all things drawing started in childhood, when she dived into an obsession with poster paints and making a big mess on every available surface. This hasn’t changed much. She still works primarily in water-based media, but these days she mostly tries to keep it on the paper. Frances takes her inspiration from the structures and people that surround her, drawing from both observation and memory. Her most abiding source of inspiration is still the constant yet ever-changing sky, and all of its colours.
On leaving Art College, Frank Endersby worked in an Art Studio as an illustrator. He then set up his own studio, initially illustrating games, board books and jigsaw puzzles. Frank has also illustrated The Wishing Star and Babbity’s Big Bad Mood for Little Tiger Press.
Florence is a French illustrator currently based in beautiful (but rainy!) Belgium. She never planned to become a teacher or an astronaut, or even a comedian but always knew she wanted to draw and draw some more. She now lives and works in a fairytale trailer in the midst of a magical garden, where she gathers most of her inspiration.
Francis Martin is an illustrator and artist living out in the wilds of Pendle Witch Country, conjuring up pictures for stories by splodging ink and charcoal all over the place. He is a graduate of Cambridge School of Art’s MA in Children’s Book Illustration, who in another life did five BBC Radio 1 John Peel sessions. He loves dogs and travelling across the moors in trains.
Feronia was born and raised in South West England. She studied Illustration at Camberwell College of Art and then taught for a short time. Feronia likes to spend her time drawing and telling stories. She currently lives in Bristol UK, where she is studying for an MA in Graphic Arts. She spends her spare time going for walks and wishing she had a cat.
