Kate Hindley

Kate lives and works in Birmingham (near the chocolate factory). She studied illustration at Falmouth College of Art, and went on to work for two years as a children’s print designer at a studio in Northampton, whilst working freelance on children’s books and greetings cards.

She has exhibited with her good chums Girls Who Draw and Inkygoodness across the UK, and had a jolly good time painting up a totem pole for the Pictoplasma Character Walk exhibition 2011.

Things Kate finds inspiring include Bob Godfrey, Richard Scarry, The Magic Roundabout (in particular Dougal and the Blue Cat), and Sharps Doom Bar.

Kate’s first picture book THE GREAT SNORTLE HUNT, written by Claire Freedman, was longlisted for the 2013 Kate Greenaway Medal. Since then Kate has provided illustrations for a number of bestselling picture books including THE NAUGHTIEST GIRL (Hodder Children's Books), THE WISHING-CHAIR (Egmont) and the BEST FRIENDS' BAKERY (Orion Children's Books) series. She also illustrated THE LITTLEST YAK (Simon & Schuster) which has won the Oscars Book Prize 2021 and the Sainsburys Childrens Book Prize 2021.