Hi! I’m Svetlana, a book illustrator.

I drew my first book when I was 10 years old — it was a small handmade book, sewn together by hand and filled with pencil drawings. A lot has changed since then, but my love for books and illustration has stayed with me.

Today, I illustrate both children’s and adult books. It is very important to me to interact with the text, fully immerse myself in the story, and feel its mood in order to convey what the author had in mind.

I see illustrating a book as a form of co-authorship — when the text and illustrations complement each other and together create a unified world of the book.

Svkozhuhova@gmail.com

Svetlana is illustrating our upcoming hi-lo book for older adults, The Saturday Table.