Mark Nicholas

Mark Nicholas is an author, illustrator and maker of children’s books based in South Wales.

After a successful career as a modelmaker in animation, product design and architecture, Mark began a new creative journey in children’s publishing. In 2017, he graduated from the Cambridge School of Art with an MA in Children’s Book Illustration. While studying, he won the Lara Jones Award and the inaugural Carmelite Prize.

His first picture book as an illustrator, The Story of Tantrum O’Furrily, written by Cressida Cowell and published by Hodder, was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal and longlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize in 2019.

Mark now specialises in linocut art and paper engineering, creating playful, tactile artwork for board books. His new series, Gotcha Dog and Gotcha Rabbit, will be published by Templar in 2027.