Maisie Paradise Shearring

Maisie is an illustrator and author, living in Hull, in the North of England.

She studied illustration at Edinburgh and Cambridge School of Art. In 2015 she was awarded the International Illustrator Award at Bologna Children’s Book Fair and in 2020 her book, The Boy Who Loved Everyone won the Little Rebel Award.

Maisie loves drawing, in particular children and families and trying to capture the emotions and interactions between them. She enjoys both illustrating stories and writing and illustrating her own ideas. In her work Maisie likes playing with material, colour and pattern.

Alongside illustrating, Maisie is passionate about teaching children’s book illustration. She is a co-founder of the tutoring and illustration events company, Orange Beak Studio, has mentored for Picture Hooks and also lectured at Cambridge School of Art.