Rachel bostick (SHE/HER)
Hello! I’m Rachel, a native of Austin, Texas currently based in Cambridge. After getting a BFA in design and working as a book designer moonlighting as an illustrator, I decided it was time to take the leap and move across the pond to pursue my MA in Children’s Book Illustration.
I enjoy combining expressive linework, textural printmaking, and muted color palettes to create images full of moody atmosphere and gothic romanticism. My work is inspired by a lifelong love of faerie tales, horror films, and a fascination with the 19th century, along with whatever my current hyperfixation may be. Recent hyperfixations have included gardening, season 2 of Bridgerton, and photographing quirky door knockers around Cambridge.
Website: www.rachelbostick.com
Instagram: @rachelbostickillustration
Email: rachelbostick24@gmail.com
Witchhazel
A young adult chapter book about a lonely witch named Hazel, and Theo, the kind human girl who helps her learn how to love and trust again.
The Victorians Were Freaks
From seances and safety coffins to deadly cosmetics and fatal fashion, this nonfiction book explores some of the most strange and surprising facts from the 19th century.
Coraline
An illustrated version of Neil Gaiman’s creepy classic about the clever and brave Coraline as she ventures into another world that isn’t all that it appears to be, full of lurking shadows and menacing inhabitants intent on keeping her there forever.
