About the Author

Lizzy Stewart is a British illustrator and author who teaches illustration at Goldsmiths College in London. She has written and illustrated three picture books for children alongside Walking Distance, an illustrated essay, and It's Not What You Thought It Would Be, a graphic short-story collection. Her debut picture book There's a Tiger in the Garden won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Picture Books in 2017.

Reviews

A clever portrait of an artist's journey that smartly combines prose and art, Alison is beautiful in every way. The tale is so convincing that I still can't believe it isn't a memoir. Lizzy Stewart is an unparalleled storyteller.-- "Powells' Best Graphic Novels of 2023"

Alison is a haunting book, complex and intimate. Lizzy Stewart has written and drawn the aches and confusions of love and growing up with immense skill.--Posy Simmonds (Gemma Bovery)

Elegantly told, exquisitely illustrated, Alison is defined by its precision even as it overflows with important ideas and feelings about being a female artist in the modern world. Lizzy Stewart has given a real gift with this smart, moving, heartfelt book.--Jami Attenberg (I Came All This Way to Meet You)

Every now and again a book comes along that is such a bright joy, so true, so beautiful and moving. Alison is one of those books.--Jessie Burton (The Miniaturist)

It's a heartening journey, a delicious portrait of London and a more universal tale of a working-class young woman making a life in a world that has not been designed for the likes of her. For all its effortlessness [...] Alison ends up carrying a great emotional heft. It's a lovely book, and I cried at the end.-- "The Guardian"