Chie Kutsuwada Illustrator & Author

Chie Kutsuwada is a UK-based Japanese manga creator and illustrator. After graduating from The Royal College of Art, London, she focused on creating shoujo manga designs. She is the author of manga such as Moonlight, collected in The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga III, published by Constable & Robinson, which was shortlisted in the Manga Jiman competition that aims to promote manga creating talent in the UK.

Chie also attends many manga-related events around the world, and runs manga workshops at schools, libraries and museums including The British Museum, The British Library, Wellcome Collection and the V&A Museum. She has also worked on projects for Channel 4 and CNN. Visit her website www.chitangarden.wixsite.com/chiekutsuwada