Zehra Hicks

Zehra Hicks is an award winning picture book author and illustrator who covers a wide range of topics from serious and heartfelt, to silly and funny. Her books have been published in over 25 languages and some have won the Oscar’s Book Prize 2024, the Nottingham Children’s Book Award, the ABCD Book Cover Design Award, and been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal. 

As well as writing and illustrating picture books, she tutors on the book illustration short course at UAL Chelsea – a course she studied 15 years ago that helped her get her first picture book contract. She’s now working on her 15th book. If she’s not writing, illustrating or teaching, you may find her running with her sausage dog, Vincent, who sets the perfect pace!