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. Recent series that she has illustrated include, The International Yeti Collective by Paul Mason, Woodland Magic by award winning author Julie Sykes, and The Super Secret Diary of Holly Hopkinson by Charlie Brooks. Her most recent work, The Piper and The Penguin by Stella Powell Jones, released in August 2022 with more of her work to release later this year. She loves
working with children, and currently runs an art club at her local school. She
lives and works in Brighton.