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Author & Illustrator Academy: Bringing Characters to Life

Author & Illustrator Academy: Bringing Characters to Life

Bringing Characters to Life

Discover how author-illustrator Nadia Shireen puts a little bit of herself into every story she creates – not just the heroes, but the villains, too!

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Nadia Shireen

Nadia Shireen enjoyed making homemade magazines and comics as a child. She studied law at university and then worked in magazine journalism; it was during this time that she started to draw again. After a lifetime of doodling in the sidelines, Nadia decided to pay some attention to drawing and in 2007 was accepted onto an MA course in Children’s Book Illustration and has not looked back since.

Website:
 www.nadiashireen.org
Twitter:
 @NadiaShireen
Facebook: 
@nadiashireenillustration
Instagram: @nadiashireendraws

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Yeti and the Bird

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Written & illustrated by: Nadia Shireen
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The Cow Who Fell to Earth

Written & illustrated by: Nadia Shireen
Published by: Jonathan Cape

Billy and the Beast

Written & illustrated by: Nadia Shireen
Published by: Jonathan Cape

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