Irene gained her first degree in Graphic Design and Illustration from Glasgow School of Art, and has been designing all sorts of things ever since, from corporate identity, marketing and websites to interior graphics and stained glass, as well as creating her own range of bespoke wedding stationery. She's now enjoying a new path creating picture books having recently gained an MA in Children's Book Illustration with distinction from Cambridge School of Art. She lives in the beautiful rural county of Herefordshire, with her family and very old cat.