Yoojin Um loved drawing from an early age. As a shy child, who liked to find unusual places to hide, she enjoyed doodling and creating stories. As she grew up, Yoojin began to realise that pictures can communicate in ways that words cannot and decided that she wanted to become a professional illustrator. Yoojin worked as a graphic designer before pursuing her dream of illustrating children’s books.
Authors and illustrators
Zoe Waring
Zoe has always loved the warmth and humour found in children’s picture books and is a little obsessed with cute animals… just a little bit. She also loves drawing, has a rather silly sense of humour and a vivid imagination.
Susanna Rumiz
Suzie Mason
Suzie is a digital illustrator working from her little cottage in the Midlands, where she lives with her husband and ball-of-fuzz kitty. She loves drawing animals and drinking a good cup of coffee.
Teresa Bellón
Teresa Bellón was born in Albacete, Spain in 1987. After completing an illustration course in Madrid, she began working for national and international clients and has had several exhibitions of her art. Teresa doesn’t stay at home waiting for inspiration; she sets out to find it by travelling, buying illustrated books and walking around her home town of Madrid.
Thomas Elliott
Thomas Elliott is an illustrator and designer with a keen love of nature. When he’s not creating beautiful books, he likes to spend time with his family and two dogs.
Tim Budgen
Tim was born in Surrey in 1977, and is a freelance illustrator. His illustration work has been described as “storytelling with whimsical charm, warmth and humour”, and he’d like to think that is pretty true! To date he has illustrated over 50 children’s books, including: ‘The Magic Pet Shop’ and the ‘20 at Bedtime’ series, and ‘This is Me’ by CBeebies star George Webster.
Tom Knight
After several years of working as a graphic designer, Tom Knight found that true happiness lies in drawing pictures at the bottom of the garden for a living. He lives near Colchester, with his wife, Tabby, and their two boys, and can often be found plonking away on stringed instruments when he should be drawing, or drawing when he probably should be doing the washing up.
Tomislav Zlatic
Tomislav Zlatic was born in Zagreb and studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts. Since graduating in 2002, he has illustrated textbooks, magazines and storybooks that have been published all over the world.
Tony Neal
Tony Neal’s passion for art has led to a blooming career in children’s book illustration. He is currently living in the South Leicestershire countryside. When not working, he enjoys a spot of fishing, playing guitar and hanging out with friends and family.