Gill Smith

Gill Smith is a Liverpool-based writer and illustrator. She has worked collaboratively with storytellers, musicians, writers, theatre companies and educational organisations in the exploration of storytelling. She has a BA in Literature, a BA in Graphic Arts & Illustration, a PGCE and an MA in Children’s Book Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art. She is one of the winners of Walker Books Picture This 2019 competition

She illustrated Victoria Hislop's Maria's Island (Walker Books 2021), Helen Cooper's Saving the Butterfly (Walker Books 2022), David Almond's A Way to the Stars (Candlewick Press, 2023)and Robin Burrow and Kevin Sinfield With You Every Step (Pan MacMillan, 2023).

She is represented by HolroydeCartey. She is the author and illustrator of The Wilful Thing which is represented by the Isabel Brittain Literature and Arts Consultancy.

https://www.gillsmithillustration.com/

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Gill Smith

The Wilful Thing

 ‘I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.’ 

Charlotte Brontë 

Gill Smith’s The Wilful Thing is inspired by the life of Charlotte Brontë who obeyed her inner call to write despite the restrictive expectations placed upon her during her lifetime. Smith makes innovative use of text and image to depict the insistent nature of the creative impulse. 

Genre: Gift Book
Extent: TBC approx 42 pp
Dimensions: TBC - book is yet to be produced and printed
Rights Available: Worldwide/HB & PB
Audience: It will be suitable for the gift sections of bookstores and well placed in museum and art gallery gift shops. Recommended release date on Charlotte Brontë ‘s birthday (21st April) It will have a particular relevance in bookshops near Howarth, and the Brontë Museum shop. 

Gill Smith Illustrations from The Wilful Thing

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