Helen McCosker is a children’s author and illustrator from Thirroul, a seaside village south of Sydney.

 

She has had a 30-year career as a freelance illustrator for a variety of magazines and 

books on gardening, travel and the adventures of chartered accountants.

 

In 2006 her first children’s picture book, The Nightfish, was published by The Five Mile Press with excellent reviews. Her award-winning drawings and paintings are regularly exhibited in Sydney and regional galleries and she frequently attends workshops about the publishing industry and writing for children. Helen is an active member of The Australian Fairy Tale Society and her very successful solo exhibition, Once, this year at the Clifton School of Arts, featured a collection of wooden assemblages and tiny paintings inspired by her lifelong love of fairytales.