Rosalind Maroney works from her home studio on top of a hill overlooking the houses and sea. She lives with her partner and two children who love picture books as much as she does. Rosalind was originally a Product Designer designing things for kids all over the world, and she’s really happy that she still gets to design toys as well as illustrating books!
Simon Cooper has illustrated many children’s books, including the award-winning Ghost of Uncle Arvie. As well as drawing, he enjoys loud music and zombie films.
Sophie Beer is an award-winning illustrator living in Brisbane. She loves creating bright, fun designs with generous helpings of narrative. Revelling in colour, shape and texture, she lives by one rule: art should never be boring. When she’s not illustrating she can usually be found drinking tea, mooning over Joanna Newsom’s lyrics and indulging in her other passion – literature.
Sandra de la Prada has loved drawing since she was a child, but she’s also loved watching films, reading books and having fun. She is sure all these things, as well as studying photography and graphic design, and working on several different jobs, have helped her to become an illustrator. She published her first illustrated book in 2010 and hasn’t stopped since then. She lives in Barcelona and still does all the things that she loves.
Pintachan’s real name is Pablo! And he lives in the north of Spain with his family where he enjoys watching old sci-fi movies, eating liquorice and, of course, illustrating children’s books. Pablo has worked for Hachette, Abrams Kids, Running Press, Quarto and McDonalds to name but a few.
Sarah Lodge graduated from Cambridge School of Art’s MA in Children’s Book Illustration in 2014 with a distinction. In 2015, she was shortlisted for the AOI World Illustration Awards New Talent Award. She is a part-time children’s bookseller and illustrator.
Spencer Wilson is an illustrator who loves to create bold, colourful, character-based images; finding inspiration from his kids, cats, friends and the things around him.
Siân Roberts studied illustration in Bournemouth, gaining a BA Hons degree before her debut picture book published in 2021 with Little Tiger Press. She has since worked on numerous projects with multiple publishers and authors, with stories ranging from pirate princesses to sparkling unicorns, dancing dinosaurs to creepy crawlies. She works from her small home studio, surrounded by potted plants and fuelled by many cups of tea!
Sebastiaan was born and raised in Belgium, and now lives in Antwerp where he works as an illustrator of children’s and adult books. Visit www.sebastiaanvandoninck.com
