About

Phoebe Roze is a children’s picture book author and illustrator. Originally from the Scottish Highlands, she is currently based between Scotland and Canada. Her colourful, joyful work celebrates the charm of the handmade, bringing atmospheric landscapes together with expressive characters (and wild beasties) inspired by her childhood in Scotland.

A woman with short brown hair wearing a red jacket and dark jeans holding a camera outdoors in a natural setting with tall dried grasses and trees.

A foggy landscape with a green, mossy hillside and large rocks in the foreground, leading to a large mountain shrouded in mist in the background.

A beach with sand and rocks in the foreground, grassy dunes and green hills in the background, and a colorful pink and purple sunset sky with scattered clouds.

A coastal landscape with a grassy hillside leading down to a rocky shoreline and an ocean in the background, a small house near the water, and a person standing on the rocks.

A strong sense of place and playfulness are important elements within her work. Drawing heavily on the landscape, creatures, and stories of where she grew up, Phoebe is always out and about: hiking, cycling and sailing across the highlands and islands with her sketchbook and camera.

A woman in a red jacket and blue jeans stands with a bicycle on a dirt path in a wooded area with bare trees, wearing a black helmet and carrying a gray backpack.

A sketchbook with watercolor paintings of trees, displayed outdoors in front of a forest with bare trees and grassy ground.

Four razorbills standing and sitting on rocks near a grassy area with a large rock face in the background, overlooking a body of water and a distant landmass under a cloudy sky.

Ocean or sea with gentle waves, distant shoreline with landforms and possibly a ship or boat on the horizon.

A white horse with black spots standing behind a barbed wire fence in a green field near a body of water, with a hill covered in grass and trees in the background.

A sailboat floating on calm water at dusk or dawn with a purple sky.

After studying Illustration at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, and later an MSc in Modern & Contemporary Art: History, Curating, and Criticism at the University of Edinburgh, Phoebe found her path in children’s books and was selected for a mentorship for emerging illustrators with Picture Hooks. Her debut author-illustrated book Our Islands is published by Post Wave.

Phoebe is represented by Becca Langton at Darley Anderson Illustration Agency. To get in touch about books please email Becca. For all other enquiries please email Phoebe.

Open sketchbook with colorful abstract painting on a wooden table, surrounded by books and art supplies.

PRESS

Bear necessity with Phoebe Roze | The Sunday post

Islands of Adventure in the Hebrides | The Scotsman

In the Studio with Phoebe Roze | Òr

Glasgow Children’s Hospital makeover | The Glasgow Times