Levi Pinfold
Levi Pinfold was born in the Forest of Dean. From a young age he loved books and comics and spent many of his days drawing and writing his own stories.
At the age of seven, Levi went to watercolour classes where he was introduced to the medium that he still works in. His love of stories, painting and the work of illustrators such as Maurice Sendak, Alan Lee and Dave McKean led him to study Illustration at the University College Falmouth, where he developed narrative illustrations in his own style – a stunning, stylised realism – creating his imagery from imagination.
Alongside painting, Levi writes stories in his spare time. Since graduating from University in 2006, Levi has worked as a self employed illustrator. The Django, his debut picture book, is inspired by Levi's love of music. Levi lives and works in Cornwall, and plays banjo and guitar when no one else is looking.
Levi won The Booktrust Early Years Award in the Best Emerging Illustrator Category for 2010.
Levi is also one of 10 illustrators to win the Booktrust Best New Illustrators Award 2011. His second picture book for Templar is scheduled for autumn 2011 publication and is called Black Dog.
