Krina Patel-Sage is an illustrator, author and designer based in London. She began working as a designer at a children’s publishing house in 2012 and has been in the industry ever since, working both in-house and freelance for publishers including Quarto Kids, Bonnier, Hachette Children’s and Pan Macmillan. Her design background has given her a keen eye for composition and typography.

Krina was shortlisted for Penguin’s Write Now illustration prize in 2018. Her debut author/illustrator title is due for publication with Lantana in 2021. She has also illustrated a children’s poetry book for Otter-Barry books, due out in 2021 and a set of 6 nonfiction titles for Hachette Children’s published in 2016.

You’ll find her in the local woods most days, spotting birds and fungi with her two young sons.