Tull Suwannakit

Tull Suwannakit is an Australian book illustrator and author for children with background in animation and fine art.

Tull received a Bachelor of Art degree from The Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, USA. He began his artistic career as a set designer and character sculptor for animation studios in New York City before migrating to Australia, where he became a graduate of the Master of Fine Art program with Distinction at The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne.

His books have been published in Australia, The US, The UK and Thailand, as well as being translated into numerous languages all throughout the world.

Working predominantly with watercolour and graphite, Tull’s books have been featured in Sydney Morning Herald, ABC Mornings Radio, Play School on ABC4Kids HELLO! Magazine (Thailand edition) and The New York Times.

Some of his books were included among the Notables list as part of The Children's Book Council of Australia and shortlisted for Speech Pathology and Crystal Kites book of the year awards. Tull is also a 3 time recipient of Bangkok International Book Fair Picture Book of The Year Award in 2007, 2010 and 2014 respectively.

His clients include Scholastic Press , Ford Street Publishing , Candlewick Press , Walker Books, The National Library of Australia and New Frontier Publishing.

When Tull is not writing and illustrating his books, he runs art classes and workshops for children and adults at his art school in Melbourne, Malvern School of Art.

More about Tull and his books

Illustrations Fantastic Stuff

Naughty Mabel, Lazy Dave and More

Translating ideas into pictures

Walker Books Australia

Candlewick Press, USA

Fine and Visual Art

Children's Books:Journeys of the Imagination

A whale, a Bear and a Pigeon

Blog Tour:Sad The Dog-Meet The Team

Awards

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