Authors and illustrators

Cani Chen

Cani is a print and pattern designer who has created kidswear, home décor and stationery. She is happiest when drawing cute animals and enjoys mixing up different mediums such as gouache, watercolour, collage and ink!

Chris Chatterton

Chris Chatterton spent several years working in design and animation before making the move into illustration. In his spare time he enjoys film, TV and stuffing his face with a burger or two. He lives and works in Durham surrounded by his every growing picture book collection.

Chris Jevons

Chris Jevons is a children’s book illustrator represented internationally by The Bright Agency. He lives and works in the spa town of Harrogate in North Yorkshire. With a background in design and animation, he pursued his passion for children’s books and joined Bright in 2011. Chris has illustrated children’s books for many different publishers.

Clair Rossiter

Clair graduated in 2014 from Falmouth University, and has been working as a freelance illustrator ever since. She especially loves illustrating for children, hand rendered typography and food illustration.

Claire Powell

Life for Claire began in a cupboard under the stairs. Not as punishment like Harry Potter – it’s where she went to draw. Before becoming an illustrator, Claire cut her teeth designing for big-hitting brands Nickelodeon, BBC and DreamWorks Animation. She also animated an award winning short film ‘The Scapegoat’. Claire lives and works in London, in a studio just bigger than a cupboard.

Clare Fennell

Clare is a freelance illustrator with 20 years of experience. After working at a greetings card publisher designing and managing for twelve years, Clare decided to take the plunge to go freelance and pursue her passion of illustrating for children. She hasn’t looked back since, and to date has illustrated more than twenty books and many children’s canvasses.

Brian Fitzgerald

Brian is an award-winning, Irish illustrator who lives and works in the harbour town of Dún Laoghaire. His earliest illustrations often featured the sheep and horses that could be seen from his childhood home – a farmhouse on the Curragh plains. Brian studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin where he discovered his love for illustrating children’s books.