Irish-born, Bristol-based Yasmeen Ismail is an award-winning author, illustrator and animator. Yasmeen studied at art school in her hometown, Dublin. After graduating, Yasmeen moved to London where she worked on many different projects ranging from advertising and short films to children's publishing. After a few years of working hard in London Yasmeen changed career and began writing and illustrating picture books. Her illustrations are bright, fluid and full of energy and movement. She loves to work with anything that will give her bright colours and good marks on the page. Yasmeen loves to experiment and expand in all areas of her work and is constantly trying new ways to improve her writing and drawing. Yasmeen has now illustrated over 15 books and has written 12 of them. She continues to make books everyday. When she’s not painting or writing you can find her drinking coffee.
On occasion you may see Yasmeen out and about. Perhaps doing a show or visiting a school. She loves to make kids laugh, and loves it even more when they make her laugh.
She lives in Bristol with her husband, their two little children, and Betty the cat.
To read more about Yasmeen and how she feels about the world you can follow these links:
The Guardian - How To Be a Girl
The Irish Times - How to Draw Out Children’s Emotions
The Irish Times - Doors Are Closed on Girls
The Irish Times - Reading Between the Lies