I'm Francesca,

I work for children's publishing and for animation and I'm based in London.

I illustrate picture books, chapter books, activity and educational books and collaborate with publishers in the UK, US and Italy.

My background is in animation and before moving to London I lived in Rome, in Istanbul and Beirut where I was born. Home for me is in many places and I feel very lucky for that.

I create my illustrations with pencil & paper and digitally.

If you are curious, here a post about books and process with

StorySnug

and a Podcast where I chat about work with the

Illustration Department

Clients include

Egmont Publishing, Mondadori Libri, HarperCollins Children books

Penguin Random House Young readers, Pearson PLC

Usborne Books, Zanichelli Editore

BBC, RAI Italia, Greenpeace