Category: Design

Freelance designer and illustrator Lisa Horton originally studied to be a fashion illustrator before finding herself in the world of YA and kids’ book design, via a stint in adult fiction and a return to college to study Graphic Design. Among many others, she has designed a series of covers for author Lisa Heathfield, including Paper Butterflies, which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2017.

Mike English is a freelance food and lifestyle photographer based in London. Shooting for various top magazines and publications, as well as ad agencies and food manufacturers, Mike traces his passion for food back to when, aged 5, he was taught how to cook by his Grandmother. Not long after, it was his fashion photographer uncle who first inspired him to pick to up a camera. Having previously owned a studio, he now operates from his home, which has a large shooting space.

Sarah Birks is a freelance Art Director and prop stylist specialising in food content. With a background in fine art, a Bachelor degree in graphic design, and an insatiable appetite for all things food, she worked on food titles for ten years before moving into the freelance world at the start of 2015.