Mark has been working as a freelance illustrator for over 20 years. Mark always loved drawing from an early age and after school went on to study design and fashion at the University of Reading.

The best part of the course was the design side of things and Mark realised that a career in illustration might be the best way forward, which was lucky as he was terrible at sewing!

Mark really enjoys working in children’s publishing as there are loads more fun things to illustrate! Mark has worked with publishers like Hachette, Wellbeck, Penguin Random house, Puffin books, Simon and Schuster to name a few, and he lives in North West England with his 4 month old English bulldog Penny.