Finn grew up with only one thought in his head: to become an astronaut. When that failed, he found drawing astronauts was just as good, and not nearly as dangerous. When he’s not illustrating, he’s usually drinking tea and staring out the window at nothing in particular. He lives in a beautiful northern city that smells of chocolate, sounds like church bells, and where Vikings walk the streets daily.
Authors and illustrators
Fernando Martín
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.
Forrest Burdett
Forrest is a queer illustrator from New Jersey with an eye for whimsy, a heart full of magic, and a passion for vibrant colours. He studied Illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology and now lives in Portland, Oregon. He loves finding magic in the small, everyday moments and uses his art as a means to explore and share them. He spends his days creating, reading, and eating an obscene amount of chocolate. You can see more of his work at forrestburdett.com.
Genie Espinosa
Craig lives in Brighton with his family and dreams up ideas from a garden studio. With a background in fine art he has exhibited original work in many galleries from London to New York and more recently he has been focusing on creating engaging children’s books. In his spare time, Craig mountain bikes, plays dinosaurs and draws with his kids.
Gabriela Gil
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.
Francis Martin
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.
Genine Delahaye
Genine is a freelance children’s illustrator and print designer based in Ashford, Kent, where she lives with her husband Ashley and daughters Alice and Millie. She loves everything about design. Her designs have been manufactured all over the world and featured on anything from clothing to children’s books.
Fred Blunt
Fred never wanted to be an astronaut or drive a train when he grew up. Right from the beginning he knew he wanted to draw silly pictures for a living … and some decades later, he’s living the dream! Fred has worked on all manner of projects, including editorial, advertising and designing animations for the BBC. He now works mostly in children’s books.
Garry Parsons
Gary Venn
Gary Venn is a freelance illustrator based in New Zealand. He has produced illustrations for children’s books and magazines around the world, including many illustrated maps of various far flung places. He is currently completing his first picture book as both author and illustrator. He loves to draw, and did his first major artwork at the age of 2 on the new wallpaper, (so he is told). His style is based on texture, shape and colour. He makes marks and textures using many different mediums, including: pencil, crayon, ink pen, screen-printing ink and scanned items, which are then put together digitally.
