Originally from Bath, Laura studied illustration at Kingston University and graduated in 2005. When not drawing, Laura loves to curate art exhibitions and invite all her favourite artists to take part. Laura is one third of Studio Mama Wolf: a small, independent creative collective, soon to launch their new open shop and illustration studio space.
Authors and illustrators
Lee Cosgrove
Lee is an illustrator working in children’s fiction and educational publishing. He also designs greetings cards, apps, novelty toys and bus stops. Lee lives with his wife, children and their rabbit in North West England.
Lee Robinson
Lee Wildish
Lee Wildish lives in Lancashire and has been illustrating from a very young age. He loves illustrating children’s books and thinks there’s nothing better than seeing people laughing at a book he’s illustrated.
Leire Martín
Leire Martín is an illustrator from San Sebastián, Spain. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts and a Master’s degree in CGI. She worked as a 3D artist for three years, but drawing has always been her passion, so she decided to leave it all and become a professional illustrator. She has worked for many publishing companies and has also created the illustrations for magazines and toys.
Laura Silveira
Laura Silveira is a Londoner at heart but now resides in leafy Leicestershire. She earned her BA in Graphic Design at the University for the Creative Arts, Epsom. She has since worked with creative teams large and small, her work featuring on greeting cards, patterns for textiles, packaging, branding, maps, and children's illustrations. Influenced by the late greats Eric Carle and Quentin Blake, she works with a combination of hand-painted textures, Procreate and Photoshop. Her aim is to create rich, textural, characterful, and colourful observations, that have warmth and tell a story. When Laura isn't working, you can find her spending time with her husband and their son, or at her local charity shops, where she volunteers once a week.
Kirsti Beautyman
Kirsti graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2016 and turned her hand to illustrating children’s books. She was named Picture Hooks Illustrator of the Year in 2017. She works from her studio on the outskirts of Newcastle, using a combination of dry and wet media to create her illustrations.
Kirsti Davidson
Kirsti is a children’s illustrator and lives in Brighton with her husband and two daughters. She is an avid collector of picture books and loves visiting art galleries. Outside of work, Kirsti likes to collaborate on projects with friends and recently worked on an animation short.
Kristyna Litten
Kristyna Litten studied Illustration at Edinburgh College of Art. Her books include CHICKENS CAN’T SEE IN THE DARK, BLUE AND BERTIE and ORI’S STARS. Kristyna also creates artwork for book covers and magazines. She lives in Yorkshire.