Authors and illustrators

Hannah Abbo

Hannah Abbo is a self-taught, award-winning illustrator from Brighton, UK. She currently lives with her partner, child and (slightly) overweight cat in Lisbon, Portugal. When she’s not drawing she loves making ceramics in a local studio, visiting the botanical gardens and rollerblading.

Fiona Lumbers

Fiona Lumbers has drawn on anything and everything from an early age and always insisted she would be an artist when she grew up. Fiona moved to London in 2000 to study for an MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art. A combination of her obsession with picture books and the arrival of her first son led her down the path of illustration and she hasn't looked back since. Fiona is the illustrator of the bestselling <i>Luna Loves…</i> series, written by Joseph Coelho, and wrote and illustrated the critically-acclaimed <i>Clem and Crab</i>. <br><br>Instagram: @fiona_lumbers

Francis Martin

Francis Martin is an illustrator and artist living out in the wilds of Pendle Witch Country, conjuring up pictures for stories by splodging ink and charcoal all over the place. He is a graduate of Cambridge School of Art’s MA in Children’s Book Illustration, who in another life did five BBC Radio 1 John Peel sessions. He loves dogs and travelling across the moors in trains.

Gabriela Gil

Gabriela Gil has worked as an art educator in museums, an illustration teacher and is currently an illustrator. In 2021 she was among the finalists for the 55th Illustrators Exhibition at Bologna Children’s Book Fair. On days off, she loves to take care of the plants, eat carrot cake and walk in the park with her dog Filó.

Gabriella Szendrey

Gabriella Szendrey is a Hungarian illustrator, visual development artist and art director, living and working in Budapest (or hiking in a forest somewhere with her dog). She is fascinated by human connection, folktales, creatures, nature, reading tons of books and trying out way too many art supplies whenever possible.

Georgie Birkett

Georgie Birkett was born in Kent and studied at Brighton University. She has been published all over the world.