About
Hi, I’m Alice, a children’s book author, illustrator and part-time art lecturer based in Cambridge UK. I love making art of ALL kinds, listening to music, reading books and being surrounded by nature and animals!
I could never pick between making art and reading books so I originally studied a joint-honours BA in Fine Art and English Literature at Abersywtyth University in Wales, surrounded by mountains and sea. After graduating, travelling and twiddling my thumbs, I realised that there was a perfect job that combined my love of pictures and words… book illustration! So I moved to Cambridge and studied an MA in Children’s Book Illustration part-time while working in a library. I graduated in 2020 and have been very lucky to have been working on picturebooks with a variety of fantastic publishers ever since.
I love my job and getting the chance to get lost in stories and magical worlds all while sitting at my desk with a cup of tea, a selection of paints and pencils and my naughty orange cat, Oskar, trying to distract me.
Published books:
Daddy Doesn’t Believe in Dragons, publishing May 2026.
The Best Garden in the World, publishing April 2025.
Penguin’s Egg, Puffin Books, published May 2024
Waiting for Froggo, Orchard Books, published September 2023
Home is Where my Heart is, written by Smriti Halls, Andersen Press, published June 2023
Lost in the City, Orchard Books, published August 2022
Everything Under the Sun, written by Molly Oldfield, Ladybird Books, published 2021
Clients include: Andersen Press, Bloomsbury, Break Charity, Cambridge Arts Council, Hachette Children’s Group, Ivy (Quarto group), Ladybird Books (Penguin Random House), Puffin Books (Penguin Random House)
Awards
Indie Book of the Month, January 2024: Waiting for Froggo
Klaus Flugge Prize 2023: Shortlisted
Inclusive Books for Children Awards 2023: Longlisted
Derby Children’s Picture Book Prize 2023: longlisted
Cheltenham Illustration Awards 2020: Featured artist
Templar Illustration Awards 2020: Longlisted
Picture Hooks From Seed to Table: Winner
World Illustration Awards 2020: Longlisted artist
Zealous Stories: Illustration: Shortlisted
Batsford Prize 2019: Runner up, Children’s Illustration category/ Shortlisted, Illustration category