Riveted Press Illustrators

Tamlyn migrated to Australia from Singapore at 13 and went on to study a double degree in Commerce and Economics. In 2013, she left a corporate job in institutional banking to pursue her passion in learning how stories are told through art. Along with other dedicated artists, Tamlyn strives to be a part of a team that focuses on important values and morals; work that gives hope in challenging times, spark curiosity and bring individuals together by opening their eyes to truth and meaning.

Heidi has always loved to draw, but it wasn’t until she had three small children and a towering picture book collection that she decided to try her hand at illustration. Six months later, she received her first picture book contract and started work on it soon after. Now with more than ten years experience, Heidi has worked with a number of different publishers on some amazing picture and chapter books.

Lauren is an illustrator, graphic designer, artist and educator. Based in her home studio in Adelaide, South Australia, Lauren spends her time illustrating children's books, exploring the natural world and developing workshops in art, drawing fundamentals and environment design.

Aleck Morton is a highly sought after editor and illustrator. His creativity in and outside the edit suite has led him to work on a wide variety of productions in television across a 18 year career starting in London and crossing over to Melbourne 10 years ago. Originally from a fine art background, he moved into editing high end commercials, short films, animation and music videos but now specialises in long form documentary and factual programming. His recent work has included the Emmy award winning comedy special Hannah Gadsby's Nanette, ABC's Hard Quiz, Grand Designs Australia, his own ABC doco-series Housemates and What Could Go Wrong?, as well as helping out on features Oddball and Mystify. Aleck also created the animations Covid Nursery Rhymes by Kitty Flanagan [ABC’s The Weekly]. Allen the Alien is his first book. 

Sandy Flett is an illustrator and cartoonist who lives in the beautiful countryside of New England, NSW. She creates her hilariously kooky characters, pictures and stories in her art studio while listening to sheep baa and cows moo very loudly outside her window.

Sandy is the illustrator of the junior fiction series Juno Jones, Word Ninja by Kate Gordon, and is also the creator and presenter of her very own YouTube Channel Kids Art School, which is loved by kids across the world.

Ruth-Mary is an illustrator and surface pattern designer specialising in children’s design, who loves to produce sweet and whimsical illustrations! 

Ann-Marie Finn is an artist, illustrator and author of children's books. She lives in Western Queensland with her two young boys who inspire new stories and ideas every day. She started her career in the UK, but migrated to warmer climates in 2007 and is now a happy Australian. She has a growing collection of children's books to her name, including A Trip to the Moon, I Despair of my Hair and Gus the Asparagus. 

Yvonne Mes is a children’s author and illustrator from Brisbane. She writes fiction and non-fiction in the form of picture books, junior fiction and short stories. Her stories playfully expand perspectives and invite feelings. Yvonne coordinates Write Links, the Brisbane children's writers group supported by Book Links (Qld) Inc and is a member of SCBWI and several other professional writing bodies. Yvonne grew up in Amsterdam but has made her home in Australia. Her three sons make sure she is never lost for inspiration. Yvonne's first book with Yellow Brick Books was Oliver's Grumbles.

Monty Lee is a Brisbane-based artist who has been making illustrations since she could walk. Both her parents are artists and were determined to hand down their passion for art to their young children. Monty's urge to create through printmaking, painting and drawing were thus instilled in her from a very early age.

Ruth is an illustrator and textile artist in Perth, Western Australia. Ruth has been absorbed in drawing and art making since childhood, but especially since the first of her six children was born in 2003. Ruth loves to celebrate the small, ordinary things of life in her artwork, which is why much of her work aims to capture the joy of little children discovering this wonderful world in which we live. Ruth works in a combination of digital and traditional media. Ruth's debut picture book is Barefoot Bea, written by Heather Neilly. 

Sona is an artist and illustrator from Armenia, living in Brisbane since 2008. She has been working as a translator of literature, editor, and graphic designer, and it was not until moving to Australia when she finally decided to focus all her attention on art and illustration. This was a decision she never regretted. Since that time she has illustrated a number of children’s picture books and realized that she loved it – looking at the world with a child’s eyes again. Sona’s works are full of subtle humour, poetry and magic. She works in traditional as well as digital media, both in colour and black-and-white. 

Young Giuseppe has been on many imaginary adventures but the ones he enjoyed the most were the ones he shared with others. Giuseppe has had adventures with film makers, computer games, and IT though on all those travels he’s found he’s missed one thing - making his own adventures to share with others.

Giuseppe is the illustrator of Oliver's Grumbles by Yvonne Mes, and Young MacDonald is Giuseppe’s debut adventure as an Author AND Illustrator! Giuseppe can’t wait to share some more amazing, fantastical, hilarious, incredible adventures for you to enjoy!