Frances Ives

Frances Ives’ love of all things drawing started in childhood, when she dived into an obsession with poster paints and making a big mess on every available surface. This hasn’t changed much. She still works primarily in water-based media, but these days she mostly tries to keep it on the paper. Frances takes her inspiration from the structures and people that surround her, drawing from both observation and memory. Her most abiding source of inspiration is still the constant yet ever-changing sky, and all of its colours.

Frank Endersby

On leaving Art College, Frank Endersby worked in an Art Studio as an illustrator. He then set up his own studio, initially illustrating games, board books and jigsaw puzzles. Frank has also illustrated The Wishing Star and Babbity’s Big Bad Mood for Little Tiger Press.

Fabrizio Di Baldo

Fabrizio Di Baldo lives in Italy. He graduated in 2001 with a degree in fine art and semiotics, before earning a PhD in illustration at the Comics International School and a PhD in graphic design at the European Design Institute. Fabrizio works as an Art Director and illustrator in Rome.

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.

Eve Wersocki Morris

Eve Wersocki Morris grew up in North London and has been making up stories her whole life. Diagnosed with dyslexia aged 12 and called out by a teacher as the ‘worst speller in the class’, she is now the author of two novels for older MG readers, with her debut <i>The Bird Singers</i> now nominated for multiple awards. A standout performer at school events thanks to a background in drama, Eve is also a volunteer with Coran Beanstalk Literary Charity.

Filigrana de Ideas

Filigrana de Ideas is an illustrator from Argentina. She creates illustrations for children’s books and also runs a brand featuring fun products with her artwork.

Forrest Burdett

Forrest is a queer illustrator from New Jersey with an eye for whimsy, a heart full of magic, and a passion for vibrant colours. He studied Illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology and now lives in Portland, Oregon. He loves finding magic in the small, everyday moments and uses his art as a means to explore and share them. He spends his days creating, reading, and eating an obscene amount of chocolate. You can see more of his work at forrestburdett.com.

Emma Chinnery

Emma Chinnery is a British children’s author and illustrator. Emma worked for several years as a graphic artist before her passion for children’s books led her to study on the MA Children’s Book Illustration course at the Cambridge School of Art. When she’s not drawing or writing, you’ll find her on a bike, cycling the country lanes of Suffolk.

Ella Bailey

Ella Bailey is a freelance illustrator currently living in Devon, in the UK. She specializes in children’s books having illustrated many board, novelty and picture books. Ella works mostly digitally and likes to incorporate lots of texture and limited, lively palettes into her artwork. Some of her favourite things to draw include children, animals and ghosts.

Ella Hobbis

After a career in digital marketing, Ella returned to her childhood passion of drawing and hasn't put her pencils down since. Her heart lies in creating art for children; she draws with passion, texture and tiny details to create memorable picture books that will inspire and delight young readers. Her illustrations may often appear simple, but always make sure to look out for the details she hides in them… a lot like life, there's always magic to be found somewhere.