Leah Osakwe is the author of the Little Voices series. She’s always writing – whether that be for apps and digital products or fiction for children. She lives in Essex, UK.
Authors and illustrators
Love Ssega
Love Ssega is a musician, producer and performing artist of Ugandan heritage, creating work that blurs the lines of civic engagement, understanding, activism and hope. Justice and climate activism weaves through his work. He is Associate Artist at the Southbank Centre 2024-2027. He has had work commissioned by the National Gallery, Royal Shakespeare Company, Serpentine and Whitechapel Gallery amongst others, was the Philharmonia Orchestra's Artist in Residence for 2022-23, and was a featured co-writer for the Southbank's?Imagine a Story?project, as chosen by lead author Sita Brahmachari.
Liuna Virardi
Liuna Virardi lives in France with her husband and her orange cat. She likes to transform simple shapes and bright colours into children’s books and lead workshops based on her books. Liuna loves flocks of birds in flight, leaves falling from trees, walks by the sea and the colour turquoise.
Louise Forshaw
Louise Forshaw is an illustrator (and sometimes author) living in a small town in the North East, UK. She graduated with a BA (Hons) in Illustration and Animation from Newcastle College. Louise works from home in a small studio, supervised by her three noisy and very mischievous, Jack Russell Terriers.
Leo Hartas
Leo Hartas has been a professional illustrator for over 30 years and started drawing from the moment he could hold a pencil. He uses a range of mediums including traditional ink, line and watercolour, acrylics, digital, DTP and 3D. Leo loves to create highly imaginative fiction and illuminating non-fiction, both with warmth and humour.
Lili la Baleine
Lili la Baleine is a former school teacher who began self-taught illustration in 2009. Soon, she was spotted by the publishing industry and decided to fully dedicate herself to children’s book illustration. She lives in France with her family, with whom she shares a passion for chocolate and travels.
Lisa Verrall
Lisa studied Graphic Communications at UCA in Farnham. Initially working as a book designer, she has more recently branched out into the world of illustration. Lisa has been creating art for as long as she can remember and her favourite things to draw are animals and buildings. She loves cake, cats and brightly coloured shirts. Lisa lives in North London with her cat Moo Moo.
Liz Pope
Liz Pope gained 1st class honours in Surface Pattern Design from Staffordshire University alongside Kate Pope. They have worked together for the past ten years, developing card ranges, stationery, art prints and illustrating children’s books. Liz’s inspirations come from everyday things, like a rickety old sign or a twisted toothpaste tube. She mostly enjoys simply sketching with her pencil!
Lomp
Lomp studied visual communications and has been a freelance illustrator since 1996. He started his children’s book career by publishing books by other authors in Germany, and now both writes and illustrates his own books with publishers in Germany, the UK, France, Spain and the United States. He lives with his family in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Loretta Schauer
Loretta has illustrated a number of picture books and fiction titles for younger children. She has always loved drawing and is never happier than when she’s making something. Loretta lives in London, England, with her archaeologist husband and her hamster studio buddy, Nanook, who assists with the creative process by staring really hard at her until she gives him a treat.