Sarah Horne learnt to draw whilst trying to explain her reasoning for an elaborate haircut at the age of nine. An illustrator for over 20 years, she started her Illustration career working freelance for newspapers such as The Guardian, The Independent On Sunday and Print Week. She also worked on commissions for advertising clients such as Nike, IKEA and Kew Gardens.
In 2010, Sarah published Paws, Claws and Frilly Drawers and Tantrums And Tiaras her first Author/ Illustrator young fiction titles with Stripes.
She has illustrated over 100 books, including Charlie Changes into a Chicken, Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Ran Away From the Circus (and joined the library), Puppy Academy, and Ask Oscar and its sequels.
She loves to include detail and extra visual narratives in her work. She works entirely digitally.
Sarah’s most recent publication is ‘The Firefly’s Light’ published by Scholastic.
When not at her desk. Sarah loves running, painting, photography, cooking, film and a good stomp up a hill.
Sarah can mostly be found giggling under some paper, in her London studio.
Twitter: @sarahhorne9
Instagram: @sarahbhorne9
Photo credit: Hazel Thompson