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  • Jimmy Liao

    Best-selling Taiwanese illustrator.
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  • Polly Dunbar

    Creator of the colourful and inspirational children's books Flyaway Katie and Penguin.
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  • Sarah Dyer

    Illustrator of Five Little Fiends and Clementine and Mungo.
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  • Mini Grey

    Mini Grey is the Nestlé Smarties award-winning author and illustrator of Biscuit Bear.
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  • Viviane Schwarz

    Illustrator of Timothy and the Strong Pyjamas

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  • Petr Horacek 

    Petr Horacek is best known as the author and illustrator of Silly Suzy Goose and Strawberries are Red.

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  • Bruce Ingman

    Illustrator of Bad News! I'm in Charge! and The Runaway Dinner.

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  • Simon James

    Winner of the New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year
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  • Mei Matsuoka

    The illustrator of Burger Boy has been influenced by growing up between Japan and England.

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  • Satoshi Kitamura

    Satoshi Kitamura's distinctive picture books have won numerous awards including the 2000 Nestlé Book Prize and The Mother Goose award.
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  • Emily Gravett

    Award-winning author and illustrator of Wolves
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  • Sam McCullen

    Illustrator of Billy Back-To-Front

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  • Catherine Rayner 

    Author of Augustus and His Smile and winner of the Booktrust Early Years Award 2006.
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  • Joel Stewart

    Illustrator of Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie and When a Zeeder met a Xyder.


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  • Kanako Usui

    Illustrator of The Fantastic Mr Wani, winner of Booktrust's Early Years Award for New Illustrator.

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  • Jane Ray

    Shortlisted four times for the Kate Greenaway Medal, Jane Ray is an acclaimed contemporary children's book illustrator.
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  • Guy Parker Rees

    Illustrator of Giraffes Can't Dance and The Chimpanzees of Happytown.

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  • Jackie Morris

    Author and illustrator of The Seal Children and The Snow Leopard, Jackie Morris specialises in exquisite, painterly images of animals.
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  • Best New Illustrators Longlist

    See an illustration from each of the 27 illustrators longlisted for the Big Picture Best New Illustrators.
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