Trisha Krauss decided she wanted to be an illustrator at the age of fifteen. She spent several years in New York, where she worked with some of the most creative designers, art directors and advertising agencies. She likes to use watercolour or acrylic and draw on plywood or other objects she finds. Her illustration has been exhibited in New York and Rome. She now lives and works in London and has just finished her first picture book with the author Lauren Child.