Sarah Wilkins

Sarah Wilkins is a New Zealand illustrator, based in Wellington.[1][2]

Biography

Wilkins was born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand.[3]

In 2003 she won the LIANZA Russell Clark Award for Illustration for The immigrants written by Alan Bagnall.[4][5] She collaborated with Jenny Bornholdt on the children's picture book The Longest Breakfast.[6][7][8] Wilkins has illustrated the covers of books including Nine Girls by Stacy Gregg,[9] All Her Lives by Ingrid Horrocks,[10] Delirious and Chemistry by Damien Wilkins.[11][12]

In 2025 Poem for Ataahua by Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, illustrated by Wilkins, was shortlisted for the Russell Clark Award for Illustration in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.[13] The book was also shortlisted for the AOI World Illustration Awards.[13][14]

She illustrated Race to the South Pole by Alexandra Stewart and published by Thames & Hudson in 2025.[15] One reviewer commented that, "Stewart's narrative is vivid, fast-paced, and informative, while Wilkins' artwork is clear, detailed, realistic, and engrossing, with labeled bird's-eye and cross-section perspectives and maps that immerse readers in the surroundings".[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Sarah Wilkins". Annual Annual | NZ. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Sarah Wilkins: an illustrator's life". Radio New Zealand. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Sarah Wilkins". Penguin Books New Zealand. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "LIANZA Russell Clark Award". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Children's books winners". New Zealand Review of Books. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  6. ↑ Esterman, Sue (2 November 2017). "Book Review: The Longest Breakfast, by Jenny Bornholdt, illustrated by Sarah Wilkins". Booksellers New Zealand's blog. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  7. ↑ Kehoe Rowden, Thalia (2017). "Five New Picture Books From Aotearoa". The Sapling. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "The Longest Breakfast — Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children's Book 2018 FINALIST". PANZ Book Design Awards. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Interview: Stacy Gregg on Nine Girls". The Sapling. 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "All Her Lives". Te Herenga Waka University Press. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "Delirious". Te Herenga Waka University Press. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Chemistry (B format)". Te Herenga Waka University Press. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  13. 1 2 Mabey, Claire (5 June 2025). "All the finalists in the 2025 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults". The Spinoff. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Sarah Wilkins". The AOI World Illustration Awards. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Race to the South Pole". School Library Journal. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "Review: Race to the South Pole". Kirkus. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
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