Charmaine Cave is a Perth based book designer, illustrator, author, editor and publishing consultant who founded her award-winning studio, Cave Design, in 1997. Her illustration work varies in style from realistic drawings and watercolours through to quirky cartoons and computer illustrations. She has worked with numerous book publishers during her career including UWA Publishing, Fremantle Press, WA Museum Publications, Four Gables Press, Terra (the Netherlands), Cambridge University Press (UK), Les Portes du Large (France) and Odyssey Publishing (USA). Charmaine is a former WA President of the Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA) and a professional member of the Australian Book Design Association (ABDA), the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and Writing WA.