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I am so SO excited to share my cover design and illustration for Inner Demons by Stephen B. Platt 🤩!! . With a mix of fantasy and cosy crime, this book is heart warming, hilarious and I absolutely devoured it!. A BIG thank you to @NewDawnPub for this wonderful project! 🥰

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✨I HAVE NEWS! ✨I AM SO SO THRILLED to share that I am a finalist for Best Professional Artist at the Hugo Awards 2025. To be recognised for the work I do in Fantasy & SciFi means the absolute world to me, & to be a finalist two years in a row has left me so utterly speechless!

🚨 NEW ARTICLE ALERT! 🚨.✨ Freelancing Isn’t Just About Talent:.5 Business Basics I Wish I Knew Before I Went Freelance. ✨ . I wrote this to empower creatives new to freelancing with key business fundamentals to keep in mind when starting out.

Friends, I am SO SO THRILLED to reveal my cover designs and illustrations for the Outlander series by the incredible Diana Gabaldon for @cstone_press 🥰🥰🥰. I have been a MASSIVE fan of Outlander for such a long time and it’s an absolute dream to be able to create these covers!

Trying to keep up with all the awesome reveals this month!! So I’m thrilled to share with you my cover design and illustration for Miss Burnham and the Loose Thread by Lynn Knight! . Thank you to @marianneissaelk and @TransworldBooks for the wonderful project! 🧵 🪡

And here it is! I’m so excited to reveal my cover design and illustration for the exciting conclusion to the duology that began with the bestselling Sun of Blood and Ruin by @laresmar !!!.A massive thank you to @HarperVoyagerUK for sending this my way 🤩🤩🤩🤩

RT @stbridefdn: We’re delighted to announce a new lecture coming in May!. Whether you’re a new freelancer, a seasoned pro, an in-house desi….

FRIENDS!!! I am so excited to announce that Jack Smyth, Becky Chilcott, David Pearson and I will be running a Freelance night at @stbridefoundation to talk about the BUSINESS side of freelance!!! .

RT @Br1dgetCollins: SO delighted with the paperback cover of The Silence Factory - another stunner from @micaelaalcaino. 😍. To get your han….

SO SO EXCITED to share my paperback design and illustration for The Silence Factory by one of my absolute favourite authors @Br1dgetCollins 🤩🤩🤩 . Thank you to @BoroughPress for entrusting in me to create a new cover for the paperback!

Here are some of my fave designs and illustrations I’ve done this year 🥹🙏. Every year I feel so incredibly grateful for the work I get to do. Thank you to all my wonderful authors and publishers and clients who bring so much joy to the work that I get to do. Happy holidays! 🥳

I am so thrilled to reveal my cover design and illustration for the Spanish edition of Tu Sangre, Mis Huesos (Your Blood, My Bones) by the incredibly talented @KayAyDrew for @umbrieleditores

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It is an absolute honour to be shortlisted for Freelancer of the Year at the 2024 Future Book Awards!. I think freelancers are frequently overlooked in the work that they do, & I am so proud and honoured that @thebookseller are bringing spotlight to freelancers this year!

No, I will never get tired of seeing my work on billboards. 😌😭🤩! If anyone is around Waterloo, there is an awesome The Dagger and the Flame billboard hiding about!!! . @doyle_cat @simonYAbooks

A MASSIVE THANK YOU to @locusmag for the artist feature in their latest issue and for asking some challenging questions too 🤩🤩🤩

This brilliant book just hit NUMBER ONE in the Children’s and YA charts in the UK this week 🥳🥳🥳🥳. Absolutely cheering for you @doyle_cat !. And what a team to be apart of @racheldenden @simonYAbooks 🤩🤩

Hey everyone! I am so excited to be speaking at @YALC_UK (Young Adult Literature Convention - exclusively at London Comic Con) this year! I’ll be leading everyone through the demystification of book cover design!. I cannot wait to see you all there 🥳🥳🥳

A BIG THANK YOU TO Zoe Norvell for having me on your 10 Questions blog series on and for making me think long and hard how to visualise my professional journey 😂😅

So excited to see that The Girl With No Reflection hit number ONE on the Sunday Times Bestseller List 🤩!! Thank you @hodderscape for allowing me to do this cover!! A massive congrats @KesheWrites