Rosie Haine
Rosie didn’t realise she should be making picture books until she was 32, long after a degree in English Literature, an MA in Social Sciences, and too many years getting very bored in offices. And so she began the MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art, which was actually just a stone’s throw from where she was born, and the closest city to the village where she’d grown up. Two and a half years later she graduated as an illustrator-author with two books that were immediately snapped up by Tate, and the feeling that she’d finally found the right vehicle for her ideas and talents.
Her books often start with a feeling that she wants to explore, and sit somewhere between poem and narrative non-fiction. They can be silly, funny or serious, but always try to be beautiful and human. She works in all materials, particularly ink and coloured pencil, and is very enthusiastic about offset lithography and its tradition in children’s books. The writing of Allen Ahlberg has really stuck with her since she was a child, and her favourite illustrators include Posy Simmonds, Carson Ellis, Dahlov Ipcar and Edward Ardizzone. She can’t help but love Picasso, especially as they both really enjoy drawing naked people, horses, and mythical beasts.
All Books by Rosie Haine
