Today’s interview is with children’s author and illustrator Helen Stephens. Helen is best known for her incredibly popular series of picture books How to Hide a Lion, which has also been adapted for the stage. As well as writing and illustrating countless other children’s books, Helen is a cofounder of The Goodship Illustration, an online art school that helps illustrators navigate their creative career. In today’s conversation, Helen shares a lot of helpful insights into the world of children’s books, as we discuss literary vs illustration agents, the financial practicalities of working as a children’s illustrator, and the rituals she has in place when creating a new picture book, which includes a magic dressing gown…

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Links:

• Cambridge School of Art Children’s Book Illustration Summer School
• How to Hide a Lion by Helen Stephens
• Gerry Turley
• The Good Ship Illustration 
• Smelly Peggy by Helen Stephens
• Fleabag by Helen Stephens
• Quentin Blake: Fifty Years of Illustration, Somerset House 2004
• The Science Museum
• When Martha’s Away by Bruce Ingman
• Caran D’Ache Luminance Pencils 
• The Royle Family - BBC sitcom
• Alan Bennett
• Tania Willis
• Katie Chappell
• Association of Illutratrors
• Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
• The Glasgow School of Art
• Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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