
About Me
my picture book, Blue was published by Faber & Faber in January 2023.
I'm an author / illustrator based near Cambridge, England. I have a background in marketing and publishing but my real love is storytelling through words and pictures.
I felt instinctively drawn to creating picture books after attending a Children's Book Illustration summer school in 2015. I'm now half way through a part-time MA in Children's Book illustration at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge.
In 2019 I was chosen as the winner of the Faber & Faber / Andlyn Fab Prize for Illustration with my picture book Megan's Cat. You can read all about it here.
I write stories for young children (ages 4 - 12) that talk about emotions in a way that's accessible, inclusive and engaging, reflecting a child's real-life experience of the world and my love of anything with paws.
alongside my children's book work, I also volunteer for EmpathyLab - an organisation who work with schools, libraries, parents and carers to build empathy skills in children through reading .
If you'd like to discuss my work or talk to me about a commission please get in touch.
Press
Books For Keeps, "Review of Blue", January 2023
The Guardian, the best new picture books and novels, January 2023
BookTrust, "Finding yourself in a book", January 2023
The Bookseller,"Faber Children’s secures début picture book on feelings...", May 2022
The Bookseller, "2019 Faber Andlyn Prize winners revealed", September 2019
*portrait by T.S.C.