Bee Willey
Bee was born in London and spent most of her childhood in France. She attended the Bath Academy of Art. In her career since graduation she has worked as a freelance illustrator for numerous clients, creating illustrations for a wide range of books – including over twenty for children – and also posters, montage, magazines, campaigns and emojis. The "sidelights" for Willey at encyclopedia.com include the comment that "her stylistic art has been credited for its eccentric and energetic design". She was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2003 for Bob Robber and Dancing Jane. The many authors she has worked with include Shahrukh Husain, for whom she is the illustrator of Egypt (Evans 2004), Rome (Evans 2004), Greece (Evans 2004), Indian Myths (Evans 2005), The Vikings (Smart Apple Media 2005) and African Myths (Evans 2006).
Sources:
Profile at the Walker Books Australia website (accessed: June 28, 2018).
Profile at the illustrationcupboard.com (accessed: October 5, 2017).
Profile at the www.wordsandpics.org (accessed: June 28, 2018).
Bee Willey’s personal website (accessed: August 15, 2019).
Profile at encyclopedia.com (accessed: September 2, 2019)
Bio prepared by Allison Rosenblum, Bar-Ilan University, allie.rose89@gmail.com
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