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 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.
Laura has always loved stories, drawing and chocolate. Luckily, being an illustrator means she happily spends her days enjoying all of the above! The rest of the time Laura spends with her dogs and horses – then eats some more chocolate!
Laura studied animation in her hometown of Madrid. But she decided that creating characters, and telling their stories in her own way, was so much fun that she became an illustrator instead. Rainy days are her favourites, where you’ll find her drawing in her studio beside her sleepy dog and a noisy little heater.
Laura Dockrill is an award-winning writer from Brixton, South London. She is the author of picture books <i>Angry Cookie</i>, <i>The Lipstick</i> and, most recently, <i>Grey</i>, illustrated by Lauren Child. Her first book for children, <i>Darcy Burdock</i>, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of The Year Prize and the Carnegie Medal, and her young adult novel <i>Big Bones</i> was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2018 and earned her plaudits like ‘Top 10 Literary Talent’ from <i>The Times</i> newspaper and ‘Top 20 Hot Faces to Watch’ from <i>Elle</i> magazine.
Julie Fletcher lives in Edinburgh where she creates children’s books and cards from a small, colourful studio. She studied illustration at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee before graduating in 1999. Julie got her first job as an in-house designer for a greetings card company based near London before going freelance. In her spare time she likes to visit galleries and work on personal art projects.
Karl was born in Germany and grew up in various places around the UK. Karl now lives in beautiful Carmarthen, in Wales, and works as an illustrator making picture books and screen prints, always leaving a paper trail of sketches and drawings wherever he goes.
