Emma Chichester Clark in conversation with William Feaver

Emma Chichester Clark is an illustrator and author. She attended the Royal College of Art in 1981 under a magnificent line up of tutors at that time - Quentin Blake, Michael Foreman, Dan Fern, Linda Kitson, Peter Brookes and Shelia Robinson. After the RCA, she worked producing illustrations for magazines and numerous book covers. It was a few years later that an editor from Bodley Head asked her to bring in her portfolio because they were looking for someone to illustrate a collection of children’s stories called Listen To This! compiled by Laura Cecil. This became a collaboration that would continue for many years, resulting in seven picture books and Listen To This! won the Mother Goose award for Best Newcomer to Children’s Book Illustration. Emma has worked with many other authors including Michael Morpurgo, Martin Waddell, Saviour Pirotta, Nanette Newman, Colin MacNaughton and Geraldine McCaughrean.