- Julia Stebbing -
Julia has always lived in north London and was brought up in Stanmore. Opposite her house were only fields and the local school was a mere 5-minute walk. The spinney nearby provided opportunities for jumping a stream, picking blackberries, and hiding in the woods. Switch to three children later, husband David, seven grandchildren nearby - 3 girls and 4 boys - and living closer to central London in Swiss Cottage. She used to write song lyrics and now loves writing children’s stories, especially in rhyming verse. She's a keen ceroc dancer, including ceroc holidays abroad, and more recently plays a game of boggle and does codewords. She never drinks coffee - thank goodness for tea!
- Nivya Kuriaose -
Are those clouds or a herd of sheep? Imagining and looking at things differently always made her smile. Nivya has a degree in engineering and worked as a software professional, but she never felt this much content back then - The joy of illustrating giggles!
Nivya is a visual artist who initially started her art journey by exhibiting oil/acrylic paintings. Lately she developed her illustration portfolio and is now working with amazing authors.
It brings immense joy once she finishes each illustration and Nivya hopes people find the same happiness seeing her illustrations.
- Zuzanna Lipinska -
Zuzanna is a graduate of graphic design from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts where she specialised in poster design, advertising and illustration. She works as a graphic designer, illustrator and book designer and has written and illustrated several children's books. At one time she lived and worked in Paris as an art director of an advertising agency and came to the UK in 1977. She lives in Amersham. Her hobbies include skiing, ceramics and travel. She has four grandchildren and loves being a grandmother. Her grandchildren are a great inspiration for my work.
- Steve Stone -
Steve was born in the north-east of England and now lives and works in Derbyshire with his soulmate Claire and studio assistant Vincent Van Mog, the cat. He has worked as both a fashion designer for children’s and corporate wear companies and as a university lecturer, teaching fashion design and visual communication to post and undergraduate students. After completing an MA in Visual Communication, specialising in Children’s Book Illustration, he now works full time as a freelance illustrator and is commissioned by some of the world's leading publishers.