Maisie Paradise Shearring

Maisie won the main prize at Bologna book fair last year. this meant that she won a book deal and around £20000 to let her work full time on becoming an illustrator. This year Maisie had the book and all of the images displayed in her own gallery. The story she chose to illustrate was The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde, this has been published by a Spanish publishing house that have tie-ins with the book fair. I first met Maisie at the Picture Hooks talks that were held in Edinburgh. I managed to see her a have a chat about things before she was giving a talk on stage within the illustrators cafe. The thing that inspired me most is that I knew this was what Maisie wanted for her life and she works hard for it, so if things like this can happen for her why not me? I am very sure that Maisie will become a prominent name within the industry and I look forward to seeing more of her work in the future. A few images from the gallery and talk are shown below.