Hannah

Awards

• Shortlisted for V&A Awards, 2022
• Shortlisted for Alligator's Mouth Award, 2022

Organisations

• Pathways
• Orange Beak Studio
• Bright Agency

Details

I've been working freelance in publishing for 7 years, starting as a picture book illustrator before expanding my practise to include other forms of children’s fiction. I've illustrated over 30 book covers, 10 fiction titles, 7 picture books, and began my career as an author with my debut series, Kate on the Case, (Piccadilly Press). 

The series has been really well received, and was shortlisted for the V&A Illustration Awards 2022, The Alligator’s Mouth Award 2022, and included in a Waterstones’ list of best new children’s fiction. 

My debut middle grade, The River Thief, was selected as Indie Book of the Month in November 2024, and well reviewed in The Telegraph. 

Alongside this, I've hosted a number of illustration workshops for both children and adults, details of which are listed below. I’m happy to repeat any of these, or create an event specific to your needs. 

Workshop experience (adult): 

I worked as a mentor with Pathways Into Children’s Publishing in 2024, a course for artists with diverse backgrounds, specifically artists of colour, disabled artists, neurodivergent artists and artists with UK refugee and asylum-seeker backgrounds aged 21 and above. Here I led day-courses on colour and composition for picture books, and masterclasses on book cover illustration. These workshops offer hands-on tasks, advice from industry experts, and are designed for mentees to build a well-rounded and relevant portfolio. 

I also ran a workshop with Orange Beak Studio 2023 on children’s fiction, focusing on the balance between writing and image-making and also aimed at students / adults. 

Workshop experience (children):

Young Writers Workshop: Mostly Books, 2022. (Aged 8-16). This was a 3 hour long workshop focused on building a plot using the hero’s journey as a framework. Participants left with their own plot, a written scene, and an illustration to go with this.  

I have also done readings from my books, actives and Q&A’s at The Book Nook, Discover Children's Story Centre, Hamburg LitFest, and many primary schools across the UK.

Areas of expertise:

As an author and illustrator I feel I’m in a unique place to speak to both sides of what it takes to make a captivating children’s book. The balance between words and design, creating compelling characters,  writing dialogue,  book covers, composition, working with publishers and designers, the process of publication; these are all things I can talk confidently about. 

Travel & Fees:

I live in London but am willing to travel anywhere! Fees are based on Society of Authors recommendations. 

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