Chaaya Prabhat is an illustrator from Chennai, India currently working out of Goa. She has worked on a number of picture books, including Anni Dreams of Biryani, A Taste of Honey, The Best Diwali Ever, and Bracelets for Bina’s Brothers.
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Ghazal Qadri
Ghazal Qadri is a Kashmiri-born illustrator. Born and raised in a conflict area, Ghazal enjoys working on daily comics about her real-life situations, especially ones that she experienced while living in Kashmir. Changing a mundane moment into a relatable story is the way she makes sense
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Abigail Rajunov
Abigail Rajunov is an illustrator based in Dallas, Texas. She loves to draw silly characters, whimsical scenes, and emotional moments. As someone who was raised Jewish, she is honored to help tell Estee’s story for her debut picture book! When she isn’t illustrating, Abigail loves to
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Max Rambaldi
The first gift Max Rambaldi remembers receiving was a yellow pencil and a stack of plain paper. She grew up in Italy, filling blank spaces with her brush strokes. She believes that the world deserves more colors and shades.
Claudia Ranucci
Claudia Ranucci graduated with a degree in graphic design and illustration at the Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artisitche in Urbino, Italy. Her books have been published in France, Portugal, China, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and Brazil. She currently lives in Madrid.
Gillian Reid
Gillian Reid is a children’s book illustrator, character designer, and life drawing teacher. Originally from the UK, she now lives in Canada with her partner and two cats. She loves to draw, go to the movies and practice yoga. She likes to dress mostly in
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James Rey Sanchez
James Rey Sanchez’ love for art came from countless hours of reading comics, playing video games, and 90’s Saturday morning cartoons. After graduating from the Academy of Art University, with a BFA in Visual Development and a focus on character and prop designing, Sanchez freelanced
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Addy Rivera Sonda
Addy Rivera Sonda is a Mexican illustrator, who loves color and nature. She enjoys learning and exploring how we could build a better, kinder, and more sustainable world. Her biggest inspiration for drawing is that she knows that stories and art are slowly but surely
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Geraldine Rodriguez
Geraldine Rodriquez is an artist who loves buffalo wings, tacos, and iced tea. Geraldine has illustrated publishing projects across a range of formats, but Kindergarten Hat is her debut picture book. She lives in Mexico. Follow her @GeryRdz.
Carmen Saldaña
Carmen Saldaña lives in Gijon, a little rainy city in the north of Spain. She loves furry animals, birds, bugs, leaves, and everything related with nature, her main source of inspiration in making children’s books.
Steven Salerno
Steven Salerno has illustrated more than thirty picture books, including Brothers At Bat, which made the New York Times Book Review’s list of notable picture books, The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons, which won the Irma Black Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature,
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Riley Samels
Riley Samels is an illustrator who grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Kent State University and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communications and Design. After graduating he moved to Salt Lake City, Utah where he spent a few years as an illustrator
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Catherine & Sarah Satrun
Catherine and Sarah Satrun are twin artists who specialize in 2D animation and illustration. Their animation projects include Sesame Studio’s The New Neighbors, Seth Meyer’s The Awesomes, and Mearra~ Selkie from the Sea, which aired across the country on PBS. Their work can also be
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Matt Schu
Matt Schu is the illustrator of the picture books Cut!, My Cat Does Ballet, and Cosmic Collisions. His paintings and drawings have been exhibited at Nucleus and Nucleus House galleries in Portland, and he was awarded the Regional Arts and Culture Council’s Catalyst grant in 2020. He received a degree
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Lucy Semple
Lucy Semple is an illustrator based in Nottinghamshire, having graduated with a degree from Loughborough University in Graphic Communication and Illustration. She always dreamed of one day slotting into a creative career, as a child she would either be using the family video camera to
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Christopher Silas Neal
Christopher Silas Neal is an illustrator and designer who has published numerous celebrated picture books. He is the illustrator of Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt (Chronicle Books) as well as Over and Under the Snow (Chronicle Books), which won the E.B.
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Kelsi Jo Silva
Kelsi Jo Silva is an American illustrator and artist based out of Denver, Colorado. After graduating from the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design with a BA in illustration, Kelsi went straight into formulating a creative career. They’ve worked on a number of projects,
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Parwinder Singh
Born and raised in Jamshedpur, India, Parwinder Singh has been drawing ever since he can remember. First as a classical 2D animator and then as a children’s book illustrator, drawn in by its beauty and vibrance. Now a full-time freelancer with a love of motorcycles,
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Brian “Smitty” Smith
Brian “Smitty” Smith is a former Marvel Comics and DC Comics editor. He is the cocreator and writer behind the New York Times bestselling graphic novel The Stuff of Legend, the author/illustrator of the Pea, Bee, and Jay series, the cartoonist of Tree Mail, and the winner of
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Nikkolas Smith
Nikkolas Smith is an artivist, award-winning picture book creator, and Hollywood film illustrator. His books include the New York Times bestselling The 1619 Project: Born on the Water, The History of WE, I Am Ruby Bridges, The Artivist, That Flag, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: The Courage to Dream, Captain America: A Hero Looks Like You,
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Paco Sordo
Paco Sordo is a comic artist, animator, storyboarder, and background artist based in Spain. He has done work for advertising, magazines, newspapers, and TV–including Nickelodeon. Visit him online at pacosordo.com.
Lucia Soto
Lucia Soto is an illustrator and graphic designer who loves Julie London and Art Deco, and is afraid of pigeons. After working as an art director in advertising, Lucia decided to set up her own studio and make beautiful art. Uncle Bobby’s Wedding is
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Steph Stilwell
Steph Stilwell is a New York Times best-selling illustrator based in Brooklyn, NY. She loves puns, bright color palettes, hand-lettering, and is most often drawing food. Steph received her BFA in illustration from MICA and then spent several years in publishing as a children’s book
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Tomoko Suzuki
Tomoko Suzuki loves festivals. The delicious food, the lively music, the laughter of the people. . . .It’s all an exciting feeling. Dreaming of such festivals around the world, she works as an illustrator for various media such as children’s books, advertisements, and products. Her
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Anoosha Syed
Anoosha Syed is an award-winning illustrator and character designer for animation based in Texas. She has illustrated over twenty children’s books, and has worked with clients including Google, Netflix, Disney Junior, and Dreamworks TV.