Top 60 Illustrated Books Influencers in 2026

1. Oliver Jeffers

Bio Between Belfast and Brooklyn *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @oliverjeffers Instagram Followers 481.7K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact Request 150 Illustrated Books Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Chris Riddell

Bio Author, illustrator and political cartoonist for The Observer newspaper. Instagram Handle @chris_riddell Instagram Followers 156.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

3. Christian Robinson

Bio Author. Illustrator. Animator. Designer.
Greeting cards @redcapcards
Prints @gallerynucleus *****@writershouse.com Instagram Handle @theartoffun Instagram Followers 126K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

4. Stephen Savage

Bio NYT bestselling author/illustrator. Sendak Fellow, Geisel honoree. NYer, Time. Author of SUPERTRUCK, WHERE’S WALRUS, WIDE LOAD ON THE ROAD (8/4/26). *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @savageillustrator Instagram Followers 2.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

5. Rob Biddulph

Bio New York Times bestselling author. Illustrator of the Year 2025. #DrawWithRob, Last Wolf, Peanut Jones, Odd Dog Out, Gigantic...
Agent: @JodieHodges31 *****@robbiddulph.com Instagram Handle @rbiddulph Instagram Followers 50.2K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

6. Rebecca Green

Bio Illustrator • Author
Making a Home in Central NY
Upcoming Titles: Henri & Miko!
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🔻 Patreon • Newsletter • Books🔻 *****@myblankpaper.com Instagram Handle @rebeccagreenillustration Instagram Followers 280.6K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

7. Phoebe Wahl

Bio author, illustrator & surface designer📚co-director of @tulip_film 🌷🍄 🌝
I don’t read my DM requests, contact me via my website ✌️ *****@phoebewahl.com Instagram Handle @phoebewahl Instagram Followers 174.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Jessica Roux

Bio New York Times bestselling illustrator 🌿 author 🌿 gardener 🌿 Do not edit or repost my work. *****@gmail.com (no DMs, email only) Instagram Handle @jessicasroux Instagram Followers 163.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. Liana finck

Bio I draw, write, & make cartoons for The New Yorker. Prints + books on website. *redrawn-4-u's $250, email *****@gmail.com. Tattoo for free Instagram Handle @lianafinck Instagram Followers 546K Type Macro Get Email Contact

10. Lisa Perrin

Bio Illustrator, author, letterer, & college professor at MICA. Repped by @heflinreps Preorder my book, The Secrets of the Seance Society, on sale 9.22.26 *****@madebyperrin.com Instagram Handle @madebyperrin Instagram Followers 46K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Mari Andrew

Bio 📚HOW TO BE A LIVING THING out now!
✏️Writing: mariandrew.substack.com
✨Rhymes with: 🌟starry🌟
🏡 Based in: NYC Instagram Handle @bymariandrew Instagram Followers 803K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. Emma Block

Bio Hello, I'm Emma 🙂 Illustrator, writer, colour lover and teacher.
You can find me on Patreon! 🎨 *****@emmablock.co.uk Instagram Handle @emmablockillustration Instagram Followers 110.3K Type Macro Gender Female emmablock.co.uk/blog + Follow Get Email Contact

13. Chaymaa Sobhy

Bio Freelance book illustrator 📖✨
📧 : *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @chaymaadraws Instagram Followers 62.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. Linzie Hunter

Bio Illustrator/author and hand lettering artist. Scot in South London. *****@linziehunter.co.uk Instagram Handle @linziehunter Instagram Followers 158.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

15. Megan McKean

Bio ✏️ Australian Illustrator & Author
🌸 New book; Birds, Blooms & Bugs out now! 🐝
🎨 Exclusively represented by @weareillustrationx *****@mckeanstudio.com Instagram Handle @meganmckean Instagram Followers 27.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. Elena Bulay

Bio Elena Bulay | Иллюстратор
🏆 Bologna Book Fair Winner & Finalist
📚 Книги на 20+ языках мира
🏛 Преподаю в БВШД и Простой Школе 👇
👇 Портфолио и контакты: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @elena_bulay Instagram Followers 17.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Evelyne Park

Bio fantasy book illustrator painting in acrylics 📖🖌
(and trying to fill all my sketchbooks)
Swiss artist in South Korea
*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @evydraws Instagram Followers 11K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. S. Red Amparo

Bio OSHRED | S. Red Amparo 🇵🇭
• cover illustrator for books, comics, albums
• inquire: *****@gmail.com
• prints, Patreon ↓ Instagram Handle @oshredart Instagram Followers 31.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Senny Doesarty

Bio 🌷 | character designer & book cover illustrator
✨ | commissions closed
💌 | for business: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @sennydoesarty Instagram Followers 19.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Robert Paul Jr

Bio In Houston TX 🎨📝Creating diverse characters and fresh stories.
✨USA Today Best Selling Illustrator
✍🏾🎨Illustrator of an NAACP Image Award winning Book Instagram Handle @robertpauljr Instagram Followers 11.6K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

21. Binny Talib

Bio Binny Talib. Illustrator/Author/Surface Design PICTURE BOOK MAKER Sydney. Repped by Bright Agency US + UK. The Letter Writer, The Umbrella OUT NOW *****@binny.com.au Instagram Handle @binnyillustration Instagram Followers 5.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

22. Juanita Londoño

Bio 🩷Rep’d by @robs5 at @the_bright_agency
🌼Clients: HarperCollins, Simon and Schuster, Quarto
🖍️Domestika course *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @juanitalondo8o Instagram Followers 5.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Ana Latese

Bio 🎨 Illustrator • Designer • Art Teacher
📚 Represented by @brightagencypublishing
💌 *****@gmail.com
🔻 Portfolio & Youtube Instagram Handle @anacandraw Instagram Followers 8.3K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Cornelia Li

Bio THIS IS HOW YOU KNOW on shelves SEPT 16!
Pre-order link 🌟👇
✉️*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @cornelia_illo Instagram Followers 5.5K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. Andrew Davis

Bio Freelance book cover designer and illustrator ✍🏼🌈
Fiction, non-fiction, and YA. *****@andrewdavisdesigns.co.uk Instagram Handle @andrewdavis_designs Instagram Followers 5.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

26. Lucy Engelman

Bio ✍️ for NYT, Warby Parker, Chronicle Books etc.
📚picture books rep’d by @acm_kidsandillo
📮inquiries via email only
📍Pittsburgh, PA *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @lucyengelmanillustrations Instagram Followers 4K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Dinner illustration

Bio ｡:.ﾟヽ(*´∀`)ﾉﾟ.:｡
illustration | book design | graphic design
活動似顏繪、個人似顏繪⋯⋯等等，怕私訊漏掉盡量用email洽詢唷！

work mail: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @dinner_illustration Instagram Followers 3.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Nano Get Email Contact

28. Cha Consul

Bio 🇵🇭 book illustrator {seeking rep!}
🌼 art, books, stationery
🛍️ shop @risseiastudio *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @chaconsul Instagram Followers 3.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

29. Michela Peloso

Bio Italy
✏️Illustrator & comic book artist
Gribaudo | BeccoGiallo | Storytime Magazine | Fabbri Editori | Sanoma
📫 *****@gmail.com
🚫 no AI Instagram Handle @michelapelosoart Instagram Followers 676 Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. Jess Mason

Bio Illustrator of books✏️Worcester, UK. Represented by @plum_agency
💌 *****@gmail.com
Join me on Patreon, YouTube or visit my shop ⬇️ Instagram Handle @jessmasonillustration Instagram Followers 75.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

31. Yvan Duque

Bio 📍France - Brittany - StudioMDHR
Background artist - the next hand-animated Cuphead game.
*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @yvanduque Instagram Followers 72.7K Type Micro Get Email Contact

32. Kimothy Joy

Bio Slow Down and Paint ™ with me
Watercolor as a wellness practice
Books: That’s What She Said, Extraordinary Wing Women & Focus Pocus
Shop👇🏼 *****@kimothyjoy.com Instagram Handle @kimothy.joy Instagram Followers 44.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

33. Farimah Khavari

Bio 🌻Award-winning Illustrator
✦ Rep: @gildlings (@jackywinter)
📍Based in Canada 🇨🇦 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @farimah.khavarii Instagram Followers 13.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. Agnieszka Wajda

Bio • ✉️ *****@gmail.com
• creatively rep'd by @nerdproductionslondon
• 1/2 of @chwalmy.chwasty Instagram Handle @agnieszka.wajda.illustrations Instagram Followers 5.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Get Email Contact

35. Helen Poole

Bio Illustrated 200+ books, author/illustrator of ‘The Fields’ of Anfield Road Books 1 &,2, Clara’s Crazy Curls, Messy Malcolm and The Snoozicorn. *****@helenpoole.com Instagram Handle @helenpoolebooks Instagram Followers 1.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

36. Blithe Fielden

Bio live sketches and picture book illustrator 🪲
rep’d by @brightagencypublishing
meanjin (Brisbane) ⭐️ more: @byblithe *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @blithe_illustrations Instagram Followers 1.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

37. Fatma Özer

Bio Graphic designer / Freelance illustrator
Picture book illustrations / Procreate
Contact: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @myartline_ Instagram Followers 1.9K Type Nano Get Email Contact

38. Almu Costa

Bio spanish illustrator and graphic designer 🎨
📅 scheduling from: sep 2026
📍cartagena – valladolid *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @misunderart Instagram Followers 1.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

39. Mili Fay

Bio Art | Fav Quotes | No AI
2026: Working on a YA Graphic Novel.
📓 Story/Sketch: @mili.fay.storyboarding
🧜‍♀️ MerMay Art: @mfa.mermay • #mfa_mermay🧜‍♀️ *****@artofmili.ca Instagram Handle @mili.fay.art Instagram Followers 1.8K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

40. Kateryna Cherniavska

Bio Commissions are OPEN
*****@gmail.com
Rep’d by @lemonadeillustrationagency Instagram Handle @kateryna.cherniavska Instagram Followers 42.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

41. Isadora Zeferino

Bio 🇧🇷 | freelance illustrator & comic artist
repped by Britt Siess @ BSCM
💌 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @imzeferino Instagram Followers 192.9K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

42. Filipa Beleza

Bio Illustrator & comic book artist.
I enjoy laughing at myself, but others work fine as well
*****@gmail.com
👇LIVRO / LIBRO👇 Instagram Handle @belezafilipa Instagram Followers 7.5K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

43. Andrea Torrey Balsara

Bio 🌱 Sharing stories, art & energy work 💫
📚 Author & Artist ⎮ Reiki Master 💜
🦋 Discover Books🦋Workshops🦋Coaching ⬇️ link *****@torreybalsara.com Instagram Handle @andreatorreybalsara Instagram Followers 2.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -14% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

44. Iri Chen

Bio ♥️Illustration| Visual Design | comics
📮*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @yunyao.chen Instagram Followers 2K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

45. Carolyn Marie

Bio ✒️Where words and pictures unite🖋
*CarolynMarieReads on YouTube*
email: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @carolynmariereads Instagram Followers 44.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

46. Vasco Georgiev

Bio Animae : Curse of the Ancients - Chapters 1 and 2 out now!
Comic book artist and illustrator.
Contact @ *****@gmail.com. Instagram Handle @vascogeorgievart Instagram Followers 13.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

47. Mike Anim

Bio 🇬🇭 Illustrator - Comic Book Artist
COMMISSIONS - *****@gmail.com
I share all my comic book art here
Business page 👉🏽 @matthouse.official Instagram Handle @mikeanim Instagram Followers 1.7K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

48. Alexandra Dormidontova

Bio Alexandra Dormidontova
Illustrations for all kind of projects.
Graphic novel artist. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @irudisu_art Instagram Followers 1.2K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

49. Micheline Ryckman

Bio Canadian Publisher
Thoughtful, engaging, quality books with closed door romanceno explicit languageno horror‍♀️
✍Acct: @theogwhimsicalartist *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @whimsicalillustration Instagram Followers 43.6K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

50. Laura

Bio Brooklyn-based illustrator | slow fashion | hire me! 💌 *****@gmail.com for inquiries Instagram Handle @laurasupnik Instagram Followers 22.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

51. Kelsee Thomas

Bio 🌈 where are the Black girls reading horror
🖍️ creative dir. @nightterrormag
✨ vibes like “your auntie’s antique shop”
🧶 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @kelssweetie Instagram Followers 5.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

52. T.L. Luke

Bio ➿Auntie Luke 💬 Madison, WI 🏳️‍🌈 𖤐 🏳️‍⚧️
➿Vice-Chair of the Madison Arts Commission
➿Markets every Saturday 👩🏻‍🎨🖤 (🚫NO AI) *****@tl-luke.com Instagram Handle @tl.luke Instagram Followers 5.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact