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  • Hoang Giang

    Hoang Giang

    Giang has been working as a children’s book illustrator for more than 10 years. She works in a studio with her partner and three cats. She also loves comics and graphic novels, and dreams of one day finding the time to make her own comic book.      

  • Mini Grey

    Mini Grey

    Award-winning author and illustrator Mini Grey has had many careers including working in theatre design, teaching and even a spot of video animation but she loves writing and illustrating books the most. Her first book was Egg Drop, followed by a wide variety of picture books including The Las...

  • Ross Collins

    Ross Collins

    Ross Collins's primary teacher told his parents that he should go to art school. 13 years went by until he was finally 'old enough' to get into the Glasgow School of Art. Can you believe that? - 13 years.  On graduating he won the Macmillan Prize for his first picture book. Since then he's ill...

  • Jon Agee

    Jon Agee

    Award-winning author Jon Agee's latest picture book, Little Santa, tells us how Santa Claus came to be. His picture books include It's Only Stanley, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor winner and longlisted picture book for the UKLA Book Award 2022.  Jon Ag...

  • Helen Mortimer

    Helen Mortimer

    Helen Mortimer works as a freelance children's books editor and author. After many years working for major publishing companies, Helen now writes children's picture books, exploring themes that are close to her heart. Rachael Dean is a children's book i...

  • Chris Naylor-Ballesteros

    Chris Naylor-Ballesteros

    Chris Naylor-Ballesteros's new picture book series, Frank and Bert, takes a warm and funny look at friendship. Chris, originally from Bradford, studied illustration at Bradford College of Art before moving to France where he now lives. <...

  • Robert Tregoning

    Robert Tregoning

    Writer and performer Robert Tregoning's debut picture book, Out of the Blue, celebrates difference and explores what makes us who we are. Robert studied at the Glasgow School of Art before a career on the West End stage where he appeared in stage shows includi...

  • Thomas Flintham

    Thomas Flintham

    Thomas Flintham has always loved to draw and tell stories, and now that is his job! He grew up in Lincoln, England, and studied illustration in Camberwell, London. He now lives by the sea with his dog, Ziggy, in Cornwall. Thomas has worked on many projects, most prominently on the PRESS...