Gwyneth Williamson was born in 1965 in Warrington, but has lived most of her life in Leeds. She studied illustration in Hull and has always enjoyed doodling, especially thinking up different characters. She now lives in Leeds with her husband, Tony, and two daughters, Alice and Carrie, who are big doodlers too.
Authors and illustrators
Hanako Clulow
Hanako Clulow is a freelance illustrator whose artwork draws upon a wide range of interests such as nature, animals, psychology and her native Japanese culture.
Hannah Tolson
Hannah is a freelance illustrator, currently based in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. She has previously studied at Leeds College of Art and then Falmouth University, where she gained her degree in Illustration in 2013. She has since worked with a variety of publishers worldwide, telling stories through pictures using pencils, paint and paper from her home studio. Hannah’s work is inspired by bold colours, playful compositions and a sense of naivety in style.
Hannah Wood
Harry Woodgate
Harry Woodgate is an award-winning illustrator who has been drawing for as long as they can remember. Apart from illustration, Harry loves travelling to new places, walking their dogs in the countryside, baking cakes and drinking far too many hot chocolates.
Helen Poole
Helen Poole wanted to be a children’s book illustrator from as early as she can remember. Since graduating with a BA Hons in Illustration she has worked both as a designer and illustrator. Her favourite aspect of illustration is character development and she loves creating fun, whimsical worlds with bright, vibrant colours. She keeps her sketchbook with her at all times because inspiration often strikes in the unlikeliest of places!
Harriet Lynas
Harriet Lynas is a children’s book illustrator living in Cambridge with her husband and their son. As a child, she was a big fan of Studio Ghibli animations and later she developed a taste for mid-century style illustrations. Harriet’s inspiration comes from random things like marvellous fossils or a cone of pistachio gelato on a hot summer day.
Henry Rancourt
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.
Harry Briggs
<b>Harry Briggs </b>was raised in the California sunshine incessantly doodling. A graduate of Art Center College of Design, Harry has spent the better part of 30 years solving creative riddles for a spectrum of clients including American Greetings, Scholastic, McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the LA Times, and the Washington Post. Harry doodles his days away in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains with his family and an assortment of woodland creatures that frequent his yard.