Qualifications: Diploma in Illustration and Design, Harrow School of Art, UK; MA, English Literature and Art, Birmingham University, UK. I have illustrated over 50 books, including fiction and nonfiction, poetry books (for adults and children), readers and chapter books. I also write picture books and middle grade books. Specialist subjects: animals and people; Preferred media: pen and ink, watercolour, digital and digital with mixed media. UK clients: Evans and Macmillan UK, School Education Magazine, Schools Council. Australian clients: Macmillan Education, Thomas Nelson, Era, Oxford University Press. Awards: 2nd Prize, 2019 New England Writers Illustration Award. Highly commended, Illustration professional section, CYA conference 2016 and 2020. PBChat 2020 mentorship with American author/illustrator Brian Lies, for my picture book ‘Elton’s Ears’, written and illustrated by myself. 2025 Ian Wilson Memorial fellowship, May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust.
