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Maria Herbert-Liew

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Contact: hello@mariaherbertliew.com

Local authority: Glasgow City

Languages: English

Author type: Illustrator

Maria is a children’s illustrator, born in London and now living in Glasgow.

She graduated with an MA in Children’s Book Illustration and has since illustrated many books including her most recent (and debut as author) You Can Draw Brilliant Pictures, published by HarperCollins in 2020.

She is passionate about the power that words and pictures have in inspiring a lifelong love of reading, and believes that everyone can draw!

Her experience includes working with children and adults with additional support needs.

Invite her to your school/library/boathouse/field and she can...

Run drawing workshops with a focus on building confidence and having fun.
Talk about the work of an illustrator and how picture books are made.
Adapt a session to suit a theme of your choice, or to fit in with specific needs.

Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; Angus; Argyll and Bute; Clackmannanshire; Dumfries and Galloway; Dundee; East Ayrshire; East Dunbartonshire; East Lothian; East Renfrewshire; Edinburgh City; Falkirk; Fife; Glasgow City; Highland; Inverclyde; Midlothian; Moray; Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles); North Ayrshire; North Lanarkshire; Orkney Islands; Perth and Kinross; Renfrewshire; Scottish Borders; Shetland; South Ayrshire; South Lanarkshire; Stirling; West Dunbartonshire; West Lothian

Maria Herbert-Liew

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