Freelance children’s book illustrator
Hi, I’m Melanie Williamson, a freelance children’s book illustrator based in Manchester, UK.
Over the last twenty years I’ve illustrated over 50 published books using both hand-painted and digital styles, the most famous of which is undoubtedly the Pirate Pete and Princess Polly series.
I’m currently working on the multi-book series Billy and the Mini Monsters for Usborne Publishing, nine of which have been published so far, the latest of which is ‘Monsters Go Camping’.
“Melanie is a fantastic illustrator. She brings huge amounts of humour to each project and so much life to the characters. I love her Mini Monsters!”
Zanna Davidson, author of Billy and the Mini Monsters
Check out some of my other books, including picture books, or the ‘Animal Stories’ series I did for Barefoot Books.
“Melanie is an absolute pleasure to work with. I commissioned her for several projects at Barefoot Books and she was always a consummate professional, meeting deadlines, adapting ideas and doing her level best to deliver top-quality work. I warmly recommend her.”
Tessa Strickland (Barefoot Books)
Publishing clients include: Barefoot Books, Cambridge University Press, Harper Collins, Hodder Children's, Egmont, Ladybird Books, Oxford University Press, Pearson Education and Usborne Publishing.
For Books, I’m represented by Heather Richards at Tall Bean.