Peter Bailey (Illustrator)

Peter Bailey is the wonderful illustrator of The Boy in the Biscuit Tin, The Girl With the Broken Wing and The Fish in Room 11 for The Chicken House. He has worked with many fine authors over the years, including Philip Pullman, Michael...

Margaret Chamberlain (Illustrator)

Margaret Chamberlain, illustrator of the picture books Pink! and Lion’s Lunch, grew up in Weybridge, Surrey. Pursuing the only subject she had interest and talent for, Margaret studied art for seven years. With Quentin Blake as her tutor, she...

Caroline Jayne Church (Illustrator)

Caroline Jayne Church is an award-winning author and illustrator renowned for her many picture books, including Harriet Dancing and Leaf Trouble. She was born in 1963 and lives in Farnham, Surrey. Having grown up in Oxfordshire, she later went to...

Brita Granström (Illustrator)

Brita Granström, illustrator of the charming picture book No More Yawning!, grew up on a farm in Sweden. She studied Illustration at Konstfack in Stockholm. Brita is married to fellow illustrator Mick Manning and they live with their children...

Maddy McClellan (Illustrator)

Maddy McClellan, illustrator of Song for a Princess, knew from a very early age that she wanted to be an artist, and still remembers the thrill of being given a brand new box of paints or pens and loving the rainbow of colours waiting to be used...

Kerstin Meyer (Illustrator)

Kerstin Meyer, illustrator of the fantastic picture books Princess Pigsty, The Princess Knight and The Wildest Brother, was born in 1966 and lives in Hamburg, Germany. The children’s book she would most like to have written is Winnie the Pooh...

Nick Price (Illustrator)

Nick Price is an established illustrator and artist, specialising in children’s books. He has previously illustrated the Dragonsdale covers, but The Snagglegrollop is his first picture book for The Chicken House.

Hannah Shaw (Illustrator)

Hannah Shaw, illustrator of The Sleep Sheep, is from a large family of sprout-munching vegetarians. She spent her formative years trying to be good at everything from roller-skating to gymnastics. Hannah studied a degree in illustration at the...