James Jones is an award-winning art director, designer and illustrator who freelances for publishers all over the world. He has worked at Orion Publishing Group, Vintage Books, and as Art Director at both Oneworld Publications and Head of Zeus. His work has been recognised by AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts), Type Directors Club, Design Observer, the ABCD (The Academy of British Cover Design) and World Illustration Awards awards amongst others.

James is also the illustrator of several picture books including The Perfect Fit (OUP) which was longlisted for the Klaus Flugge award and has now been translated into 11 languages around the world. Alongside his other books One More Try (OUP) , The Odd Fish (Farshore), Small Steps, Big Change (Little Tiger) and The Great Christmas Tree Race (Ladybird). When James isn’t illustrating or designing, he loves practicing kung fu, cold water swimming and running in his wildsole sandals.