Hello! Books

Nicola’s style is very character heavy, colourful and playful. She takes influence from old Disney concept art, mid-century modern style and nature. On her desk Nicola keeps a mechanical pencil, soft drawing pencils in Ink blue, Ivory black and Chocolate, a nib pen, Indian ink and stacks of cartridge paper. She sketches, scans her drawings into Photoshop where she colours and manipulates them using her Wacom tablet. (Bio via childrensillustrators.com/nslater/about)

Katherine Pryor made her picture book ebut with Sylvia’s Spinach, followed by Zora’s Zucchini, both illustrated by Anna Raff. She lives in Seattle, Washington. KatherinePryor.com.

Marion Billet is the author of Hello! London and Whizzy Wheels: London Bus.