Sharon King-Chai

Sharon King-Chai is an award-winning designer and illustrator. Born in Australia to Chinese-Malaysian parents, she moved to London in 2003, after studying Visual Communication at University of Technology, Sydney. She fell in love with storytelling through music and books- and found her niche working as a designer in music and publishing industries. This eventually led to her creating her own books and establishing her own card and print range. She illustrates books for the phenomenal Julia Donaldson - including Animalphabet, Counting Creatures and Colours, Colours Everywhere. Their titles have won a range of international awards, including the Chen Bochui award for Best Picture book, and shortlisted for the D&AD awards. Sharon’s recent penned book Starbird, won the Greenaway Shadower’s Choice Award in 2021. Sharon has a great passion for experimenting and innovation, and loves exploring format, narrative and new characters. She also loves using unusual materials, and references nature a lot in her artwork. Ingredients often include potatoes, blackberries, onions, feathers and sticks.