Carly Gledhill is a children's book illustrator/author living and working in Stockport, U.K. She has worked as a print designer for studios and retailers and completed an MA in children's book illustration.

She got her first book deal with Orchard Books, writing and Illustrating Monty and Sylvester: A Tale of Everyday Superheroes (2018). Since then she has worked on her second title for Orchard and illustrated for publishers and clients including Little Tiger Press, Quarto, and Redbird Publishing.