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Gemma is a Melbourne-based picture book author and illustrator with a background in art and education. She works primarily in acrylic gouache, building layers of texture by hand, with coloured pencils and crayon for details. Her quirky illustrations explore the space where imagination and everyday life meet, reflecting the wavy line between fiction and reality as children experience it.
Websites: www.gemmapullar.com
Instagram: @gemmapullarart
jenni barrand
Jenni lived in London before relocating to Sydney in her twenties, where she studied Fine Arts and discovered a love for art making.
She is a children’s art teacher and loves writing and drawing in her little art studio.
Websites: www.jennibarrand.com
Instagram: @illustration_jennibarrand
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Jenni lived in London before relocating to Sydney in her twenties, where she studied Fine Arts and discovered a love for art making.
She is a children’s art teacher and loves writing and drawing in her little art studio.
Websites: www.jennibarrand.com
Instagram: @illustration_jennibarrand
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Jenni lived in London before relocating to Sydney in her twenties, where she studied Fine Arts and discovered a love for art making.
She is a children’s art teacher and loves writing and drawing in her little art studio.
Websites: www.jennibarrand.com
Instagram: @illustration_jennibarrand
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Jenni lived in London before relocating to Sydney in her twenties, where she studied Fine Arts and discovered a love for art making.
She is a children’s art teacher and loves writing and drawing in her little art studio.
Websites: www.jennibarrand.com
Instagram: @illustration_jennibarrand
katiebell
Katie ‘Katiebell’ Roberts is a professional artist, established illustrator and aspiring writer. Katie loves creating magical, colourful artwork in any physical media. Her illustrations are old-school, evocative, original and skilful. She works from her home studio under a giant oak tree and is the President of Illustrators Australia with an MFA (Drawing).
Website: www.katiebellbooks.com
Instagram: @katiebell_illustration
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Katie ‘Katiebell’ Roberts is a professional artist, established illustrator and aspiring writer. Katie loves creating magical, colourful artwork in any physical media. Her illustrations are old-school, evocative, original and skilful. She works from her home studio under a giant oak tree and is the President of Illustrators Australia with an MFA (Drawing).
Website: www.katiebellbooks.com
Instagram: @katiebell_illustration
kirrili lonergan
Kirrili Lonergan is a picture book illustrator with 14-years’ experience in the industry. Her artwork is described as sketchy, whimsical and offering sensitivity and warmth. She has been shortlisted for the Speech Pathology of Australia Awards in 2018 and 2022. Her most recent work is Harold’s Big School for Life Ed.
Website: www.kirrililonergan.com
Instagram: @kirrililonergan
Instagram: @staceyreneestories
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Kirrili Lonergan is a picture book illustrator with 14-years’ experience in the industry. Her artwork is described as sketchy, whimsical and offering sensitivity and warmth. She has been shortlisted for the Speech Pathology of Australia Awards in 2018 and 2022. Her most recent work is Harold’s Big School for Life Ed.
Website: www.kirrililonergan.com
Instagram: @kirrililonergan
Instagram: @staceyreneestories
liz lee
Liz Lee is an emerging author illustrator living on Wadawurrung Country, the Surf Coast, Victoria. Liz combines expressive watercolour, ink and digital mediums. Her background in speech pathology and education expands her creation of picture book stories that spark connection, conversation and “one more read”.
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Liz Lee is an emerging author illustrator living on Wadawurrung Country, the Surf Coast, Victoria. Liz combines expressive watercolour, ink and digital mediums. Her background in speech pathology and education expands her creation of picture book stories that spark connection, conversation and “one more read”.
michelle conn
Michelle Conn is a children’s book author and illustrator based on Wadawurrung Country, Victoria. She was shortlisted for the CBCA New Illustrator Award in 2024 for Raised by Moths.
Published in Australia and internationally, she has worked with major publishers on picture books, junior fiction and book cover design.
Website: www.michelleconnillustration.com
Instagram: @michelleconn_illustration
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Michelle Conn is a children’s book author and illustrator based on Wadawurrung Country, Victoria. She was shortlisted for the CBCA New Illustrator Award in 2024 for Raised by Moths.
Published in Australia and internationally, she has worked with major publishers on picture books, junior fiction and book cover design.
Website: www.michelleconnillustration.com
Instagram: @michelleconn_illustration
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Michelle Conn is a children’s book author and illustrator based on Wadawurrung Country, Victoria. She was shortlisted for the CBCA New Illustrator Award in 2024 for Raised by Moths.
Published in Australia and internationally, she has worked with major publishers on picture books, junior fiction and book cover design.
Website: www.michelleconnillustration.com
Instagram: @michelleconn_illustration
melissa o’toole
Mel O'Toole is based in coastal Victoria. With a life long love for creating, Mel was led to illustration, with the desire to illustrate her newly published Children's book "Little Guides to Big Yogi Wisdom".
Mel is also currently a Primary School Visual Arts Teacher, with a background in design & photography.
Website: www.splashoflife.com.au
Instagram: @the_home_yogi @mel.o.yogi.art.life
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Mel O'Toole is based in coastal Victoria. With a life long love for creating, Mel was led to illustration, with the desire to illustrate her newly published Children's book "Little Guides to Big Yogi Wisdom".
Mel is also currently a Primary School Visual Arts Teacher, with a background in design & photography.
Website: www.splashoflife.com.au
Instagram: @the_home_yogi @mel.o.yogi.art.life
michèle dodd
A qualified graphic designer before discovering a love of illustration.
As a young freelance illustrator I was offered the dream job of creating the Australian cinema poster for an up and coming movie called The Lion King!
Quilt covers, chocolate bars, sock designs, magazine covers followed.
But illustrating and writing children’s books is my happy place.
sherree petrie
Sherree Petrie is a Geelong, VIC based illustrator with a background in design and education. Her illustrations are inspired by motherhood and the imaginative world of childhood. She mostly works digitally in Procreate but enjoys the process of putting pencil to paper. Currently, Sherree is collaborating on her debut picture book by illustrating the heartwarming friendship between a kookaburra and child.
Website: www.sherreepetrie.com
Instagram: @sherree.petrie
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Sherree Petrie is a Geelong, VIC based illustrator with a background in design and education. Her illustrations are inspired by motherhood and the imaginative world of childhood. She mostly works digitally in Procreate but enjoys the process of putting pencil to paper. Currently, Sherree is collaborating on her debut picture book by illustrating the heartwarming friendship between a kookaburra and child.
Website: www.sherreepetrie.com
Instagram: @sherree.petrie
sherree petrie ++
Sherree Petrie is a Geelong, VIC based illustrator with a background in design and education. Her illustrations are inspired by motherhood and the imaginative world of childhood. She mostly works digitally in Procreate but enjoys the process of putting pencil to paper. Currently, Sherree is collaborating on her debut picture book by illustrating the heartwarming friendship between a kookaburra and child.
Website: www.sherreepetrie.com
Instagram: @sherree.petrie