Let's Talk Illustrators explores the methods, media, and design elements illustrators use to create visually engaging stories for children. Is the dust jacket different than the casewrap? Are the endpapers decorative, and do they hint at some emotional progression in the story? How do the interior illustrations complement the text, yet project their own narrative? Most importantly, what conversations do these details spark for readers? I asked these questions and more of the people listed below:
Ximo Abadía
Ged Adamson
Basak Agaoglu
Jon Agee
Akem
Jacqueline Alcántara
Selina Alko
Cynthia Alonso
Mehrdokht Amini
Carlos Aponte
Chris Appelhans
Ingela P. Arrhenius
Cinta Arribas
Isabelle Arsenault
Amy June Bates
William Bee
Jonathan Bentley
Galia Bernstein
Josée Bisaillon
Sophie Blackall
Henry Blackshaw
Anouck Boisrobert
Christian Borstlap
Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Thi Bui
Cozbi Cabrera
Kristy Caldwell
Ruth Chan
Angel Chang
Dream Chen
Cátia Chien
Jean Claverie
Raúl Colón
Marianna Coppo
Jen Corace
Matthew Cordell
Ricardo Cortés
Anna Cunha
Mike Curato
Antje Damm
Reza Dalvand
Sassafras De Bruyn
Suzanne Del Rizzo
Cindy Derby
Jenni Desmond
Mariachiara di Giorgio
Sandra Dieckmann
Cori Doerrfeld
Hélène Druvert
Daniel Egnéus
Carson Ellis
Leo Espinosa
The Fan Brothers
Jay Fleck
Ged Adamson
Basak Agaoglu
Jon Agee
Akem
Jacqueline Alcántara
Selina Alko
Cynthia Alonso
Mehrdokht Amini
Carlos Aponte
Chris Appelhans
Ingela P. Arrhenius
Cinta Arribas
Isabelle Arsenault
Amy June Bates
William Bee
Jonathan Bentley
Galia Bernstein
Josée Bisaillon
Sophie Blackall
Henry Blackshaw
Anouck Boisrobert
Christian Borstlap
Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Thi Bui
Cozbi Cabrera
Kristy Caldwell
Ruth Chan
Angel Chang
Dream Chen
Cátia Chien
Jean Claverie
Raúl Colón
Marianna Coppo
Jen Corace
Matthew Cordell
Ricardo Cortés
Anna Cunha
Mike Curato
Antje Damm
Reza Dalvand
Sassafras De Bruyn
Suzanne Del Rizzo
Cindy Derby
Jenni Desmond
Mariachiara di Giorgio
Sandra Dieckmann
Cori Doerrfeld
Hélène Druvert
Daniel Egnéus
Carson Ellis
Leo Espinosa
The Fan Brothers
Jay Fleck
Yael Frankel
Deborah Freedman
Laura Freeman
Michaela Goade
Piet Gobler
Emily Gravett
Rebecca Green
Raúl Nieto Guridi
Rebecca Hahn
Olaf Hajek
Paul Harfleet
Katie Harnett
Shawn Harris
Ryan T Higgins
Janet Hill
Jeremy Holmes
Stacy Innerst
Molly Idle
Gordon C James
LK James
AN Kang
Nicola Killen
Aram Kim
Julie Kim
Soyeon Kim
Jon Klassen
Joseph Kuefler
Thao Lam
Khoa Le
Suzy Lee
Taltal Levi
Steve Light
David Litchfield
Miren Asiain Lora
Jessica Love
Corinna Luyken
Elly MacKay
Masha Manapov
Deborah Marcero
Juana Martinez-Neal
John Martz
Flora McDonnell
Tim Miller
Poonam Mistry
Akiko Miyakoshi
Daniel Miyares
Oge Mora
Ethan Murrow
Keith Negley
Natalie Nelson
Svein Nyhus
Lauren O'Hara
Zachariah OHora
Pete Oswald
I occasionally chat with authors as well!
Mac Barnett
Ingrid Chabbert
Gro Dahle
Katey Howes
Vita Murrow
Natalia O'Hara
Chitra Soundar
Joshua David Stein
Deborah Freedman
Laura Freeman
Michaela Goade
Piet Gobler
Emily Gravett
Rebecca Green
Raúl Nieto Guridi
Rebecca Hahn
Olaf Hajek
Paul Harfleet
Katie Harnett
Shawn Harris
Ryan T Higgins
Janet Hill
Jeremy Holmes
Stacy Innerst
Molly Idle
Gordon C James
LK James
AN Kang
Nicola Killen
Aram Kim
Julie Kim
Soyeon Kim
Jon Klassen
Joseph Kuefler
Thao Lam
Khoa Le
Suzy Lee
Taltal Levi
Steve Light
David Litchfield
Miren Asiain Lora
Jessica Love
Corinna Luyken
Elly MacKay
Masha Manapov
Deborah Marcero
Juana Martinez-Neal
John Martz
Flora McDonnell
Tim Miller
Poonam Mistry
Akiko Miyakoshi
Daniel Miyares
Oge Mora
Ethan Murrow
Keith Negley
Natalie Nelson
Svein Nyhus
Lauren O'Hara
Zachariah OHora
Pete Oswald
I occasionally chat with authors as well!
Mac Barnett
Ingrid Chabbert
Gro Dahle
Katey Howes
Vita Murrow
Natalia O'Hara
Chitra Soundar
Joshua David Stein
Kelsey Oseid
Kathryn Otoshi
Kenard Pak
Shelli Paroline & Braden Lamb
Paweł Pawlak
Zeke Peña
Clotilde Perrin
Elise Peterson
LeUyen Pham
Greg Pizzoli
Kelly Pousette
Raúl the Third
Seng Soun Ratanavanh
Louis Rigaud
Christian Robinson
Ellen Rooney
Julia Rothman
Cecilia Ruiz
Misa Saburi
Felicita Sala
Alessandro Sanna
Francesca Sanna
Julia Sarcone-Roach
Júlia Sardà
Stephen Savage
Linda Schwalbe
Ana Sender
Esmé Shapiro
Isabelle Simler
Jessie Sima
Lane Smith & Molly Leach
Sydney Smith
Jess X Snow
Naoko Stoop
Nazli Tahvili
Shaun Tan
Leah Tinari
Van Thanh Rudd
Joe Todd-Stanton
Duncan Tonatiuh
Andrea Tsurumi
Hervé Tullet
Evan Turk
Nancy Vo
Elizabet Vukovic
Rachel Wada
Anna Walker
Rowboat Watkins
Brendan Wenzel
Bethan Woollvin
James Yang
Taeeun Yoo
Yuval Zommer
Kathryn Otoshi
Kenard Pak
Shelli Paroline & Braden Lamb
Paweł Pawlak
Zeke Peña
Clotilde Perrin
Elise Peterson
LeUyen Pham
Greg Pizzoli
Kelly Pousette
Raúl the Third
Seng Soun Ratanavanh
Louis Rigaud
Christian Robinson
Ellen Rooney
Julia Rothman
Cecilia Ruiz
Misa Saburi
Felicita Sala
Alessandro Sanna
Francesca Sanna
Julia Sarcone-Roach
Júlia Sardà
Stephen Savage
Linda Schwalbe
Ana Sender
Esmé Shapiro
Isabelle Simler
Jessie Sima
Lane Smith & Molly Leach
Sydney Smith
Jess X Snow
Naoko Stoop
Nazli Tahvili
Shaun Tan
Leah Tinari
Van Thanh Rudd
Joe Todd-Stanton
Duncan Tonatiuh
Andrea Tsurumi
Hervé Tullet
Evan Turk
Nancy Vo
Elizabet Vukovic
Rachel Wada
Anna Walker
Rowboat Watkins
Brendan Wenzel
Bethan Woollvin
James Yang
Taeeun Yoo
Yuval Zommer
