Wenjia Tang is a freelance illustrator graduated from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2017. She was born in southeast China and came to the US for high school when she was 15. She loves all kinds of animals and lives with a cat in Manhattan, New York. Her work has been recognized by American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, AOI, 3×3 Magazine etc.
Authors and illustrators
Willian Santiago
Willian Santiago is from Brazil and graduated from the State University of Londrina with a graphic design bachelors degree. He worked in branding for fashion companies for a few years and now has his own studio, specialising in illustration and art direction focusing on editorial, advertising, and fashion. He’s worked with companies like Anthropology, L’Occitane, VSCO, Nestlé, Natura Brasil, Banco Itaú.
Xuan Le
Xuan Le was born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She studied fashion design and graphic design and has many years of experience working on children’s books and magazines for local and foreign publishers. Her creative inspiration comes from a lot of things in life, especially the colours and structures in nature. She also likes to make miniature paper craft, short animation and learn about music production.
Yi-Hsuan Wu
Yi-Hsuan Wu is a Taiwanese illustrator. She loves animals, especially birds. When not at work, she enjoys going on adventures with her pet parrot, Sparky.
Yoojin Um
Yoojin Um loved drawing from an early age. As a shy child, who liked to find unusual places to hide, she enjoyed doodling and creating stories. As she grew up, Yoojin began to realise that pictures can communicate in ways that words cannot and decided that she wanted to become a professional illustrator. Yoojin worked as a graphic designer before pursuing her dream of illustrating children’s books.
Zoe Waring
Zoe has always loved the warmth and humour found in children’s picture books and is a little obsessed with cute animals… just a little bit. She also loves drawing, has a rather silly sense of humour and a vivid imagination.
Wendy Meddour
Wendy Meddour was brought up in the seaside town of Aberystwyth. She loved the sea, but she loved books even more, so she left the seaside to study. After getting her doctorate, Wendy went to teach English Literature at Oxford University. But now she’s got the best of both worlds. She lectures, writes and reads her books at a university near the seaside in Devon.
William Shakespeare
Yumi Stynes
Yumi Stynes is a second-gen Japanese-Australian TV and radio presenter who’s worked in media for almost two decades. She’s currently the host of Ladies, We Need to Talk an award-winning podcast that explores all the trickiest topics and taboos about women’s health.
Tracy Darnton
Tracy Darnton is the author of Waterstones Children’s Book Prize-shortlisted THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES. Having previously worked as a solicitor, Tracy graduated with Distinction from the Bath Spa MA Writing for Young People in 2016. She won the Stripes YA Short Story Prize, run in partnership with The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize. Tracy lives in Bath with her husband and two sons.