Details
I love visiting schools and meeting children to talk about how I write and illustrate stories. From whole-school assemblies to creative workshops with smaller groups of children, my events are fun, creative and interactive.
Feedback from participants and teachers
"We had such a lovely time. Thank you for the best event we’ve ever been to at Cheltenham!!! The way you welcomed us all into the room as you were drawing was just … so magical and it set the scene for a really, really beautiful creative session. Thank you!"
"Thank you again for visiting last week - it was such a pleasure to have you with us and I’ve received nothing but wonderful feedback from everyone."
"An enormous thank you for visiting our school today. Our children thoroughly enjoyed your workshop and were truly engaged throughout the activities"
About Ruby
Ruby studied sculpture, worked at the BBC and took a foray into printmaking before embarking on a career in picture books. Her first two Author/Illustrator books were published by Rocket Bird Books and she has since worked with Flying Eye, Dorling Kindersley, Design for Today and Andersen Press. In the past three years her work has been shortlisted twice for the Shirley Hughes Sketchbook Award, nominated for the Klaus Flugge Prize and shortlisted for the Alligator's Mouth Award, Indie Book Awards and Stockport Children's Book Award. She regularly delivers school and literature festival talks and mentors early-career illustrators. Ruby is represented by Jodie Hodges at United Agents.
