Contact Emma Chinnery
For all book illustration enquires please contact Emma’s literary agent Claire Cartey: claire@holroydecartey.com
For other illustration commissions please contact Emma: hello@emmachinnery.com
Hello!
Thank you for visiting my website, hope you enjoyed looking at my illustrations.
I’m Emma, a British illustrator and writer living in Suffolk.
My debut author-illustrated children’s picture book My Friend Andy was published in March 2024 with Little Tiger.
After working as a graphic artist in London for several years, I followed my passion for children’s books and studied on the MA Children’s Book Illustration course at the Cambridge School of Art, graduating with a Distinction in 2021.
I love to work with children and run workshops and live drawing sessions in schools and libraries.
I enjoy sketching people out and about and looking for those little stories going on everywhere around us!
When I’m not drawing or writing, you’ll find me on a bike, cycling the country lanes of Suffolk.
UK Publishers:
Bloomsbury
Walker Books
Little Tiger Press - My Friend Andy
Clients:
Aston University
Aces Weekly
Whole Foods Market
Awards:
Highly Commended - Macmillan Prize for Illustration 2021
Finalist - Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrator’s Exhibition 2021
Special Mention - Illustration for Older Fiction Prize 2021
Nominated -Pipedream Comics Top 10 Digital Comic 2015
In-Book - D&AD Student Awards 2011
Publications:
My Friend Andy (Little Tiger Press, 2024)
Last Thursday (Aces Weekly, 2016-17)
Granny State (Aces Weekly, 2016)
The Void (Aces Weekly, 2015)
Bioenergy: A graphic introduction (Supergen Bioenergy Hub, 2016)
A Little Book of Portraits, Beyond the Canvas (Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2014)
Dreams of a Low Carbon Future 1 & 2 (Leeds University, 2013 -14)
Drawing a Veil (Bloomsbury A&C Black, written by Lari Don)
Reviews:
“This year’s stand out has been Last Thursday from Emma Chinnery, with its time shifting narrative and sublime black and white artwork on sepia paper that feels incredibly tactile in this digital world.” – Pipedream Comics, Top 10 Digital Comics of 2015
“Notable debuts include UK-based Emma Chinnery, creator of the impressionistic, unsettling strip The Void.” - Guardian Guide 2015