matt_shanks

Matt Shanks is an internationally-published and critically-acclaimed author/illustrator of over fifteen picture books. Eric the Postie (2018) and Queen Celine (2019) were both awarded Notables by the CBCA for Picture Book of The Year. Rosie the Rhinoceros, written by Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes, is available now. Matt is a two-time fellow of the May Gibbs’ Children’s Literature Trust, an Australian Literary and Numeracy Foundation ambassador, co-editor of Words Like This, and works primarily in watercolour.

You can find him on Instagram: @matt_shanks, or just google "Matt Shanks Illustrator" to find his website.

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Joined October 2022