A beautiful Heart

Sarah Perkins has illustrated this gorgeous cover for Cecilia Samartin's novel "A Beautiful Heart". The novel traces the story of Ana, a middle aged woman who is waiting at the deathbed of her husband as he loses his battle against cancer. While she waits, Ana thinks back on her life and the incredible journey that brought her from war-torn El Salvador, to a convent in the USA, and finally to a wealthy Californian estate where she was employed as a nanny.
A Beautiful Heart is out now, published by Bazar, Finland.
Sarah Perkins is represented by Eastwing.

Christopher Gibbs

Christopher Gibbs has illustrated the covers for 3 Sherlock Holmes classic stories for Radio Times. They have teamed up with Penguin to celebrate the return of the popular BBC TV series Sherlock. The Arthur Conan Doyle titles A Scandal in Bohemia, The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Final Problem and Other Stories are free for RT readers.

Christopher Gibbs is represented by Arena

The Christmas Truce

A  great treat for the Christmas period,  and one which was very highly recommended by many magazines  and newspapers to the run up to the festive period , was the gift book entitled:  The Christmas Truce beautifully illustrated by David Roberts.

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy's new Christmas poem 'The Christmas Truce' illustrated by David was published by Picador Books.  The Poem was written by Carol Ann Duffy for Armistice Day but published in time for Christmas.

David Roberts is represented by Artist Partners

Three Village novels

Katarzyna Klein was commissioned to illustrate the cover for 'Three Village Novels', the latest collection of stories set in the village of Turnham Malpas. "Three Village novels"  is written by Rebecca Shaw and published this month by Orion.

Katarzyna Klein is represented by Eastwing

Stephen Player

Stephen Player represented by Artist Partners  is living and teaching art and illustration in San Francisco, but he still finds the time to
illustrate for special projects, and has recently produced a new sample image entitled "Death" for a forthcoming Caroc project.

Stephen has always enjoyed painting the macabre, graphic novels, and other fantasy and horror subjects. He is known for his collaboration on many
Terry Pratchett titles : including

"The Illustrated Wee Free Men "
"Colour of Magic  25th Anniversary Edition "
And
"Guards Guards Board Game"

Stephen's work can also be seen as an influence on the set designs on Sky One's film production of "Hogfather" also a Terry Pratchett project.

Stephen Player is represented by Artist Partners

Chapter headings for Jamie’s great Britain

Penguin Books commissioned Sroop Sunar to illustrate the chapter headings in Jamie Oliver's new book 'Jamie's Great Britain'. Sroop created 13 beautiful illustrations to accompany the delicious recipes Jamie compiled during his latest journey to discover the best of Great British food. The book has been published to coincide with the TV Series currently running on channel 4.

Sroop Sunar is represented by Debut Art

James Brown

Faber and Faber commissioned James Brown to illustrate the cover of "The Ultimate Book of Heroic Failures" by Stephen Pile. Typographer and print maker James was asked to create a striking text based artwork for the cover of the follow up to ‘The Book of Heroic Failures’. Creating something to follow the iconic artwork of the original book was a challenge but James’s bold eye catching artwork fulfilled the brief perfectly.

James Brown is represented by New Division

Arn0’s ‘Wicked’ book covers

ArnO has been working on these brilliant covers for the Gregory Maguire saga. The titles shown here, ‘Son of a Witch’ and ‘A Lion Amongst Men’ are follow ups to the first novel, ‘Wicked’, made famous since it’s adaptation into a Broadway musical.

ArnO is represented by Debut Art

Just Published: The Sleeping Army

The No.1 Car Spotter and the Firebird

Warwick Johnson Cadwell has illustrated the cover for the second book in author Atinuke’s series about the irresistible Oluwalase Babatunde Benson, AKA ‘No.1?.  His hobby is car spotting, but he is also good at solving all sorts of problems for his village.
Warwick’s colourful illustration really makes the book stand out and appeal to it’s audience of children aged 7 and over.
‘The No 1 Carspotter and the Firebird’ is published by Walker Books.

Warwick Johnson Cadwell is represented by Eastwing