Chris Saunders is a best selling author and illustrator from the North East UK. He studied Illustration at The University of Northampton, and has lectured in Illustration for several years.

Chris is internationally represented by the illustration agency Astound US, working predominantly within the children's picture book industry; as well as book covers, educational publications, character and creative development, and licencing.

Chris is the author and illustrator of ‘Wish’, his debut picture book, published in multiple languages around the world and sold in retailers including Waterstones. He has illustrated multiple children’s picture books to date, working with publishing houses and clients such as Scholastic, Gautier-Languereau (Hachette), Edizioni EL, Quarto Publishing Plc, Running Press Kids, Curious Universe, Kiwi Co, Jellycat Ltd, Cambridge University Press amongst others.

Chris has had the privilege of illustrating two titles with Flowerpot Press featuring the five-time Grammy Award winning American blues musician Keb' Mo'.

Chris works predominantly digitally, informed by a background in traditional analogue techniques; describing his work as having a narrative emphasis; using imagination, detail and atmosphere combined with exaggerated physics.