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 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.

Katie Wood

Katie Wood graduated from Loughborough University School of Art and Design and has been living her dream working as a freelance illustrator. She creates illustrations for books, magazines and greetings cards all over the world.

Katrina Charman

Katrina Charman lives in a small village in South East England with her husband and three daughters. She was a winner of the SCBWI’s Undiscovered Voice’s Competition in 2014 and is the author of The Ninjabread Man .

Kris Humphrey

Kris grew up in Plymouth, where he spent most of his time reading books, riding around on his bike and daydreaming about writing a book himself one day. Since then, Kris has had more jobs than he cares to think about. He has been a cinema projectionist, a blood factory technician and worked at an animal sanctuary in the Guatemalan jungle. Kris has recently completed the MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University. He graduated with Distinction and was awarded the prize for Most Promising Writer.

Katie Hickey

Katie is a freelance illustrator who graduated from Falmouth University in beautiful (and slightly soggy) Cornwall, England. Katie takes inspiration from her travels and surroundings to create characterful and atmospheric images. She uses a combination of hand-rendered print processes and digital techniques to create her work.