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Vicky Barker Illustrator & Author

Vicky Barker is b small publishing’s art director and a Blue Peter Book Award winning illustrator for Real-life Mysteries. Vicky Barker graduated from Liverpool John Moores University and has designed and illustrated for publishers such as Usborne, Egmont and Catnip. For b small publishing, Vicky has illustrated the STEM Starters for Kids series, Paper Toys, Infographics for Kids, FACTS, Geographics and many more. Vicky Barker is b small publishing’s art director and a Blue Peter Book Award winning illustrator for Real-life Mysteries. Vicky Barker graduated from Liverpool John Moores University and has designed and illustrated for publishers such as Usborne, Egmont and Catnip. For b small publishing, Vicky has illustrated the STEM Starters for Kids series, Paper Toys, Infographics for Kids, FACTS, Geographics and many more. Steven Johnson, Ste for short, is a freelance illustrator living in Sheffield. Graduating from Wrexham University shortly after the turn of the millennium he’s now not doing the thing he graduated in and very much enjoys illustrating instead – especially for books. And has had the good fortune of working with publishers such as Macmillan, Kingfisher, Hodder, Blue Train and b small publishing.