Book Illustration - PETE WILLIAMSON

Books with Guy Bass

Dinkin Dings and the Frightening Things
Skeleton Keys

In mid-2008, Stripes Publishing contacted me to ask if was interested in illustrating an absolutely hilarious manuscript that they had in their hands, written by Guy Bass. I leapt at the chance, and with ‘Dinkin Dings and the Frightening Things’, our award-winning partnership was born.

We have now created four Dinkin Dings books, the six original Stitch Head books, and six Skeleton Keys books. We are currently adapting the Stitch Head stories into graphic novel format, and a Stitch Head feature film will soon be released.

Here are various illustrations from the ‘Dinkin Dings’ books (2009-2011), and ‘Skeleton Keys’ books (2019-2021).

Books with Martin Howard

Mallory Vayle and the Curse Of Maggoty Skull (2024)

Mallory Vayle and Maggoty Skull in… The Beast from Beneath (2025)

Two books in a new series from brilliant author Martin Howard, which I was asked to illustrate, with, excitingly, a further two to come. Published by the superb folk at Nosy Crow.

Here’s the all-important Amazon bumf –

Spooky and hilarious, for budding horror fans about a talkative skull and a necromancer-in-training – perfect for 9+ readers, fans of Lemony Snicket series!

*Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month, October 2024*

The audiobook is read by BBC’s Ghosts actress, Charlotte Ritchie!

Books with Kelly Van Kempen

De griezeligste familie De Vries ooit (2023)
De griezeligste oma ooit (2024)

My latest work with the eye-poppingly hilarious Dutch author Kelly Van Kempen. Two extremely popular De Vriezels books so far, and a third out very soon!

Books with Marcus Sedgwick

More info on Raven boy and Elf girl coming soon…

The Raven Mysteries and Elf Girl and Raven Boy

Between 2008 and 2022, I was honoured to often work with the late, great, and very much-missed Marcus Sedgwick, a true giant of children’s books. Here are illustrations from the two series we worked on together ‘The Raven Mysteries’ (2008-2012), and ‘Elf Girl and Raven Boy’ (2014-2017), and also colour illustrations from the short ‘Raven Mysteries’ stories we were asked to create for the German educational publisher, Westermann (2016-2022.

Books with Kris Humphreys

Leo’s Map Of Monsters (2020- 2022)

Kris Humphreys and I collaborated on these four exciting adventure stories for OUP.

“A series on an epic scale, Leo’s Map of Monsters leads to a new fantasy adventure in every book where he learns that not all monsters are evil. A fantastic array of amazing beasts! Perfect for reluctant readers aged 7+ as a stepping stone to longer fiction. A great balance of easy-to-read text, first person narration and detailed illustrations come together in a stand-out package that takes young readers right into the heart of the story!”

Lucky Dip

Illustrations from various projects, among them collaborations with some of the brilliant authors* I have worked with. Others are personal projects and ideas.

*I’ve had a cup of coffee and a think. They are –

Charlotte Haptie
Emma Parlons & Rabbi Jeremy Gordon
Steve Cole
Mark Griffiths
Sheryl Webster
Julia Golding
Francesca Simon
Julia Donaldson
Mandie Davis
Matt Haig
Sam Gayton
Charles Dickens
Robert Louis Stevenson
info on this story coming soon…

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

My version of this dark and sinister classic, published by Palazzo Editions, 2020.

Various Bits

A collection of various illustrations for different project.