Hazel Mitchell is the author and illustrator of Toby from Candlewick Press. She is also the illustrator of Imani's Moon (Charlesbridge), One Word Pearl (Charlesbridge), Animally (Kane Miller), Where Do Fairies Go When It Snows? (Down East) amongst others.
Before becoming a children's book creator Hazel served for several years in the British Royal Navy before working as a designer and commercial illustrator in England (her home country) and USA. She attended art college in Great Britain close to her birthplace of Scarborough, Yorkshire.
Now she lives in Maine and works from her home studio. She still misses fish, chips and mushy peas, but is learning to love lobster. She has two poodles, Toby and Lucy, plus a cat called Sleep.
Represented by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown Ltd., NYC.
Website http://hazelmitchell.com
Latest Books:
Do Fairies Bring The Spring? (by Liza Gardener Walsh) Down East Publishing 2017
Toby written and illustrated by Hazel Mitchell, Candlewick Press 2016
Where do Fairies go in the Snow? (by Liza Gardener Walsh) Down East Publishing 2015
Kenya's Art (by Linda Trice) Charlesbridge 2015
Animally (by Lynn Sutton)Kane Miller Publishing 2015
Imani's Moon (by JaNay Brown-Wood) Charlesbridge Publishing 2014
One Word Pearl (by Nicole Groeneweg) Charlesbridge Publishing 2013
1,2,3 by the Sea (by Dianne Moritz) Kane Miller Publishing 2013
Double Crossed at Cactus Flats (by Rich Williams) ABDO 2013
Hidden New Jersey (by Linda Barth) Charlesbridge Publishing 2012
All Star Cheerleader Books 1-4 (by Anastasia Suen) Kane Miller 2012
How to Talk to an Autistic Kid (by Daniel Stefanski) Free Spirit 2011