Hello,
I'm Chantal Valerie. A writer & illustrator specialising in children's books.
‘I can’t even draw a stick figure!’
That was my standard answer when someone who had just learned that I studied creative writing and children’s literature asked me if I also illustrated my own stories.
And for a long time, I believed this statement to be true.
Then, on the 1st of January 2016, I joined a month-long drawing challenge and nothing has ever been the same again.
Today, I write and illustrate children’s books which, at their heart, are always about connection. This is important to me because I believe that in this hyper-connected world, we often take for granted - or even forget - the connections which are most important in life – those to ourselves, to the people closest to us and the environment.
I currently have two books available for publication. To find out more, please contact my agent Paul Moreton at Bell Lomax Moreton.
That was my standard answer when someone who had just learned that I studied creative writing and children’s literature asked me if I also illustrated my own stories.
And for a long time, I believed this statement to be true.
Then, on the 1st of January 2016, I joined a month-long drawing challenge and nothing has ever been the same again.
Today, I write and illustrate children’s books which, at their heart, are always about connection. This is important to me because I believe that in this hyper-connected world, we often take for granted - or even forget - the connections which are most important in life – those to ourselves, to the people closest to us and the environment.
I currently have two books available for publication. To find out more, please contact my agent Paul Moreton at Bell Lomax Moreton.
