Raphaël Garnier is a creative director and artist. His work is varied and crosses many fields including graphic design, illustration, publishing, textile design and sculpture. Raphaël likes to tinker and invent a world with next to nothing. He designed the Art’bracadabra series of short films for the Centre Pompidou, which introduced children to the fundamentals of art in a playful way through an organic and dreamlike language.
Yue Zhang is a young and emerging author and illustrator. Yue hails from the coastal city of Shantou in China’s Guangdong Province. With an early passion for drawing, he is now expert at crafting enchanting illustrations that seamlessly blend cultural influences with magical fantasies, brimming with intricate and mesmerising details.
Agnes Monod-Gayraud is a translator and children’s author specialising in non-fiction. She received the 2016 Best Scientific Writing Award from the UK’s Society of Authors for The Book of Bees. In addition to her literary work, she serves as a language editor for the academic journal Astronomy & Astrophysics at the Paris Observatory. Agnes holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from New York University and an M.A. in American Cultural Studies from the University of Warsaw. A native New Yorker, she now resides in London with her family.
Elin Manon is a freelance illustrator from Wales, now based in Cornwall after graduating from Falmouth University in 2020. Her work is inspired by the natural world, ecology, folklore and anthropology. A passion for storytelling and the celebration and protection of our natural world has been a constant drive within her work and creative process.
Pui Lee (also known as Scout Editions) is a freelance graphic designer and illustrator based in London. She is inspired by the everyday, ephemera, nature and travel. Her first book for children was published by Nosy Crow in 2024. As a branding, campaigns, product and packaging designer, Pui has worked with reputable global brands including Mulberry, V&A, M&S and The Body Shop.
Daniela Stamatiadi is a graduate of the Athens School of Fine Art. Since 2000, she has illustrated over 100 picture books for children. She has received many awards, including the Greek IBBY, the Greek Graphic Design and Illustration Award and the Peter Pan prize for best translated book from the Swedish IBBY for Sabelle’s Red Dress. She was also the Greek nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2014. Her first author-illustrator picture book, I Wanna! (Ikaros), and silent picture book, Every Ending Is a New Beginning (Patakis Publishers), were published in 2021; the latter was selected for the BRAW Amazing Bookshelf. Her third book with her own text, A Whole New Monkey, was created in 2024.
Séraphine Menu was born in France, close to the sea. After graduating with a degree in literature, Séraphine decided to travel the world instead. Once back home, she started writing about how nature and people interact.
