Katy Riddell

Katy Riddell is a young and imaginative illustrator with a BA Hons in Illustration and Animation from Manchester Metropolitan University. She grew up in Brighton and was obsessed with drawing from a young age. Plenty of encouragement from her parents, both artists and illustrators, led her to spend hours writing and illustrating her own stories, which her father (award winning illustrator Chris Riddell) collected throughout the years.  Originally drawn to Fine Art, Katy rediscovered her love for illustrating children's books in her gap year and decided to pursue it as a career. Since graduating, Katy has worked on a variety of commissions including Pongwiffy by Kaye Umansky (Simon & Schuster), Midnight Feasting by A.F. Harrold (Bloomsbury) and Ever After at the Oxford Story Museum as well as developing her own projects. She loves working with children, and currently runs an art club at her local school. She lives and works in Manchester.