Contact Emma Chinnery

For all book illustration enquires please contact Emma’s literary agent Claire Cartey: claire@holroydecartey.com

For other illustration commissions please contact Emma: hello@emmachinnery.com

Hello!

Thank you for visiting my website, hope you enjoyed looking at my illustrations.

I’m Emma, a British illustrator and writer living in Suffolk.

My debut author-illustrated children’s picture book My Friend Andy was published in March 2024 with Little Tiger.

After working as a graphic artist in London for several years, I followed my passion for children’s books and studied on the MA Children’s Book Illustration course at the Cambridge School of Art, graduating with a Distinction in 2021.

I love to work with children and run workshops and live drawing sessions in schools and libraries.

I enjoy sketching people out and about and looking for those little stories going on everywhere around us!

When I’m not drawing or writing, you’ll find me on a bike, cycling the country lanes of Suffolk.

Publications:

We Grew a Dragon - Bloomsbury (January 2026)

Enchanted Beach written by Esther Freud - Walker Books (June 2025)

My Friend Andy - Little Tiger Press (March 2024)

Awards:

Shortlisted Federation of Children’s Book Group Awards 2025 - My Friend Andy

Highly Commended - Macmillan Prize for Illustration 2021

Finalist - Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrator’s Exhibition 2021

Special Mention - Illustration for Older Fiction Prize 2021