Elina Ellis loves drawing pictures and imagining stories. Originally from Ukraine, she currently lives and works in Cambridge, where she recently graduated with an MA in Children's Books Illustration.

Elina draws both digitally and using traditional media, creating her own books and illustrating for others. In 2017 she won the Macmillan Prize for Illustration for The Truth About Old People.

Elina Ellis started drawing as soon as she learned how to hold a pencil, or probably even earlier. She is inspired by almost everything - children, nature, fashion, design, music, art, LIFE. Anything can spark an idea! The trick is to notice it! When she is not drawing, she likes to spend time with her friends and family, reading, running, playing squash, dancing, and traveling.