Born in Birmingham, Jackie is a well established illustrator of beautiful luminous watercolours for over 30 children's books. Her subject matter include detailed magical landscapes of different lands and times, biblical and mythological characters, the natural world involving whales, peacocks, bears, snow leopards, cats, and tigers. Each time you look at her work you notice something previously hidden.

In her earlier days she worked for magazines and also designed greetings cards for Greenpeace and Amnesty International.

Jackie's illustrations for greetings cards caught the attention of author Caroline Pitcher, and Jackie illustrated her first Childrens Book 'Jo's Storm' published in 1994.

Jackie Morris has since written and beautifully illustrated the books 'The Seal Children', which she was awarded the Tir na n-Og Prize by the Welsh Books Council in 2005', 'The Snow Leopard', 'Lord of the Forest', 'The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems', 'Bears, Bears and more Bears', and 'Cats, Cats and more Cats'.

Jackie has collaborated with many authors for children's stories including :- Ted Hughes for 'When The Whale Became' a new edition published in 2000, Caroline Pitcher - who Jackie collaborated with for 5 books including 'The Snow Whale', which achieved The Children's Book Federation Award shortlist in 1997; and with Sian Lewis for 'The Cities in the Sea', which received the prize for Best English Book of the Year in 1997 by the Tir na n-Og Welsh Books Council.

'Can You See A Little Bear?' written for Jackie by James Mayhew, was inspired by the illustrations she created for Christmas cards for the Musicians Benevolent Fund. This story became one of Child Magazines top 50 Children's books in America. This book has also been picked up by the Book Start Scheme in the UK. James and Jackie are currently working on a follow up to the successful 'Can You See A Little Bear' originally called 'Starlight Starbright', and the progress of this book can be viewed on Jackies blog (see posted items below for link,) complete with her wonderful illustrations.

Her books and those she has illustrated have been produced in many Countries including Wales, Denmark, Sweden, USA, Canada, and Korea.

Jackie has also designed images for Terry Pratchetts Calenders since 2004. She was highly commended in the Australian Women's Art Award, exhibits her paintings and prints in Galleries all over the UK, and globally as far as Queensland, Australia. She has a collection in the public collection at the National Library of Wales.

Jackie lives in Pembrokeshire with her two children, two dogs and numerous cats.
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Born in Birmingham, Jackie is a well established illustrator of beautiful luminous watercolours for over 30 children's books. Her subject matter include detailed magical landscapes of different lands and times, biblical and mythological characters, the natural world involving whales, peacocks, bears, snow leopards, cats, and tigers. Each time you look at her work you notice something previously hidden.

In her earlier days she worked for magazines and also designed greetings cards for... (read more)