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Roughs
Pencil thumbnails until the shape of the book shows up.
Author No. 01 · joined 2009
KEVIN
ANDERSON
AuthorIllustratorChildren’s03 titles
Kevin writes the books and draws the worlds inside them — literary covers one week, children’s art the next.
He came to Tequp in 2009 with a folder of pencil roughs and no manuscript. Years later he still starts the same way: drawings first, words after, and a cover sketched long before the last chapter is written.
His non-fiction sits alongside the picture books without apology. Both are about explaining something difficult to someone who did not ask to be taught.
Cape Town, 2025
Titles3
Illustrations5
With Tequp17 yrs
HOW HE WORKS
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Draft
Words written to the drawings, not the other way round.
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Cover
Painted in full before the final chapter is signed off.
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Print
Proofs checked on paper, on press, in person.
SELECTED TITLES
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ILLUSTRATION WORK
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SELECTED PRESS
“Anderson draws like someone who has read the book twice and still likes it.”
Placeholder quote · Review outlet · 2025
“The rare picture book that trusts a child to sit with something sad.”
Placeholder quote · Literary supplement · 2024
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Shortlist · 2025
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Winner · 2022
Representation
Kevin is represented directly by the studio for all territories, plus illustration commissions.
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