When she’s not in her East London studio, you can find Jenni Desmond cooking, cycling, and swapping city life for long hikes down by the sea shore or up in the hills and the mountains. Having graduated with a master’s degree in children’s book illustration from the Cambridge School of Art (UK), her debut picture book Red Cat Blue Cat won the Cambridgeshire Read it Again! Award in 2012. Her books have been translated into over twenty languages since, and in 2015 Jenni was named Best Emerging Talent (Illustrator) at the Junior Design Awards (UK). In 2016, she was made a Maurice Sendak Fellow and her book The Polar Bear became a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the year.
Authors and illustrators
Jennie Poh
Jennie was born in London, England, and spent her formative years in Malaysia, returning to the UK at the age of nine. She fell in love with the Norfolk countryside and feels a deep connection with nature and conservation, which influences her work. Jennie now lives in Surrey with her two daughters and two marmalade cats.
Jenny Arthur
Jenny Arthur had a variety of creative jobs before becoming a children’s book illustrator. These included being a creator of window displays, a greetings card illustrator, a figurine painter and a pumpkin carver. When not painting, Jenny enjoys wildlife spotting, walking in green leafy places, crocheting and playing the ukelele whilst singing out of tune! Jenny has illustrate several titles for Caterpillar Books, including The Big Beach Boogie and The Jingle Bell Ball.
Jenny Latham
Jenny is an illustrator from Worthing. She studied Illustration BA (Hons) at Falmouth University and now enjoys working on female-related creative projects.
Jenny Løvlie
Jenny Løvlie is an illustrator and bird enthusiast from Ekkerøy in northern Norway.
Drawing was always her favourite pastime and after graduating with a BA in Illustration and Animation from Kingston University 2014, now also her job! Her style is bright and colourful with lots of texture, plants and animals. She draws a lot of inspiration from the Arctic landscape, flora and fauna. Jenny is based in Cardiff .
Jenny Wren
Jessica Courtney-Tickle
Jessica Courtney-Tickle is a freelance illustrator currently based in rural Cambridgeshire. She graduated from Kingston University in July 2014 where she found a specialism in picture book illustration. Her work combines vibrant colours with lots of detail and many different, quirky characters. Her love of nature and greenery can be seen in her illustrations of foliage which accompany much of her work.
Jessie Ford
Jessie lives in sunny Brighton, amongst seagulls and ice-creams, she can be found most days in her studio, surrounded by bits of cut up paper and colouring pencils. She likes stripy socks, Jaffa cakes, and has a raging addiction to Desert Island Discs.
Jocelyn Kao
Jocelyn Kao is a freelance illustrator from Taiwan. She works on fashion illustration, children’s illustration, print and pattern design, fashion design and concept art. She loves travel, walks on streets, tasting local food and exploring different cultures. Her inspiration comes from everywhere, especially art museums and antique stores. Old curiosities always catch her attention and she is a cat and coffee lover.
Jennica Lounsbury
Jennica Lounsbury began illustrating picture books after spending the first bit of her career in animation. She loves folk art, dreamy ideas, and magical realism, and is passionate about colour and visual storytelling. She lives in Ontario, Canada, with her family, her garden and her very best cat Greta.