Genre: Bound for Bed

Gaby Hansen was born in South Africa where she attended the School of Art, Ballet, Drama and Music, then studied Graphic Design and Illustration for five years. She moved to London in 1998 and has more than twenty books published including the tiger tales titles Are You Ready for Bed?, By The Light of The Moon, and Oops-a-Daisy!.

Kaori Watanabe is an artist and art director who most enjoys creating items for babies and children. Trained at Hunter College in New York, she has studied everything from painting to silk screening. She finds daily inspiration from her little son, Hiyu. Kaori likes childlike, whimsical styles that are even a bit "messy," but capture the essense of child's fun. 

Vanessa Cabban grew up between boarding school in England and wherever her nomadic parents were living: Africa, Spain, Belgium, and the United States. She has illustrated many children’s picture books, including the tiger tales books There’s Trouble, Heaven Is Having You, Love Is a Handful of Honey and Where There’s a Bear.

Vanessa Cabban grew up between boarding school in England and wherever her nomadic parents were living: Africa, Spain, Belgium, and the United States. She has illustrated many children’s picture books, including the tiger tales books Heaven Is Having You, Love Is a Handful of Honey and Where There’s a Bear, There’s Trouble.

It wasn’t until she was forty years old that Petra Brown began her life as an illustrator. But within two years she had several books and book covers under her belt. According to Petra, “Illustrating for children is far harder work then I had ever imagined, but immensely satisfying and such fun!”

Gaby Hansen was born in South Africa where she attended the School of Art, Ballet, Drama and Music, then studied Graphic Design and Illustration for five years. She moved to London in 1998 and has more than twenty books published including the tiger tales titles Are You Ready for Bed?, By The Light of the Moon, and Oops-a-Daisy!.

Vanessa Cabban grew up between boarding school in England and wherever her nomadic parents were living: Africa, Spain, Belgium, and the United States. She has illustrated many children’s picture books, including the tiger tales books Heaven Is Having You, Love Is a Handful of Honey and Where There’s a Bear, There’s Trouble.

Vanessa Cabban grew up between boarding school in England and wherever her nomadic parents were living: Africa, Spain, Belgium, and the United States. She has illustrated many children’s picture books, including the tiger tales books Heaven Is Having You, Love Is a Handful of Honey and Where There’s a Bear, There’s Trouble.

John Kanzler has been illustrating children's books for more than 15 years. When not illustrating, John's interests range from astronomy to archaeology to paleontology, natural history and farming. John lives with his wife and daughter on their historic old farm in Greenfield, MA, with several sheep, llamas and cats.

During her childhood in Fairport, New York, Teri was always the kid hunched over her desk with a big mess of crayons. The apex of her artistic career came early, when at nine years, she won both first and third prize in an Easter egg decorating contest judged by her classmates.

Ayano Imai was born in England in 1980, and later spent some years in Connecticut and California. After resettling to Japan, she studied Japanese painting at Musashino Art University in Tokyo. A frequent participant in the Bologna Book Fair Illustrator's exhibition, The 108th Sheep is her first picture book.

Clara Vulliamy is the author and illustrator of many children's books, including The Bear with Sticky Paws, The Bear with Sticky Paws Goes to School, and The Bear with Sticky Paws Won’t Go to Bed. She also illustrated Keep Love in Your Heart, Little One by Giles Andreae. 

Sanja Rešček lives in Zagreb where she studied graphic design and painting at Academy of Fine Arts. While she is not illustrating, she enjoys painting and designing children's furniture.