Hello there!
I’m Lillias, a Scottish children’s picture-book illustrator and author, living with my family in an écolieu (an ecological community) in France.
After 15 years in international music, followed by graphic design and alternative early-years education, I found my way into picture books. I love exploring the everyday from unexpected angles. My books include Too Snappy to Wear a Nappy, selected for the 2023 dPictus Unpublished Picturebook Showcase, and If a Monkey Ate Nothing but Bananas, published in 2025 and shortlisted for the 2026 Sheffield Children’s Book Awards.
I’m drawn to stories that spark curiosity, challenge perspectives and help us imagine our way into a better future.
I’m looking for a long-term creative partnership with an agent and publisher. If my work speaks to you, please get in touch. mail@lillias.co.uk
A little about my creative process - I work mainly with acrylic gouache, watercolour, pencil, crayon and pastel on paper. Living with aphantasia, (an absence of mental imagery), I don’t ‘imagine’ visually, instead I use words, concepts, intuition, spatial reasoning and hands-on experimentation. I document the everyday and the unexpected through observational sketches and journaling, and always enjoy experiment directly on the page. As a result, my studio is in a constant state of beautiful mess!
