Ann James was an art teacher and moved into designing and illustrating education publications while establishing herself as a children's book illustrator.
She represents illustrators on the Committee of Management of The Australian Society of Authors, and manages their website, The Style File- an online showcase of Australian book illustrators.
Ann continues to illustrate and write in her studio upstairs at Books Illustrated. Some of the books she has illustrated include, The Penny Pollard series; the Hannah series; The Midnight Gang; Shutting the Chooks In; Little Humpty; The Way I Love You; Lucy Goosey; Sadie & Ratz, the Audrey of the Outback series and Chester and Gil.
