Lisa Stickley is an award-winning designer, author and illustrator who started out life as a textile designer, training at Central Saint Martins and The Royal College of Art.

In 1999 she founded her label Lisa Stickley and sold some of her very first products to Paul Smith, Designers Guild and the Cross. Her distinctive work led to collaborations worldwide with Burberry, Harrods, Liberty, Tate, Selfridges, Heals, John Lewis, Boots and Japanese stores including Ships, Hankyu & Isetan.

Lisa took a break from business in 2015 to have two little girls who have sparked her passion for writing and illustrating stories for children. 

Lisa has since had numerous books published, was nominated for the CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Award in 2018 and her latest picture books include Bernard Makes A Splash! and The Wobbly Waitress published by the iconic TATE gallery.

Recently Lisa has collaborated with Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, and was privileged to create illustrations for two campaigns with England footballer Marcus Rashford + Aldi UK in raising awareness of Child Food Poverty and literacy.

These days you can find Lisa squirrelling away in her garden studio painting, drawing, writing and lesson planning (when she’s not busy hosting lots of clubs). She delights in sharing her many years of experience with mini artists and thoroughly enjoys gathering inspiration, ideas & techniques to plot and plan projects for her art clubs, carefully formed, often with a twist, to encourage children to play and explore the wonderful world of creativity.

Don’t tell but she is also an obsessive mid-century children’s book collector and probably should get a grip, but most likely won’t.