Sheena Dempsey

Sheena Dempsey is a children's author and illustrator from Ireland. She has illustrated over thirty books since 2013 and has been shortlisted for or won several awards including the An Post Irish Book Awards, Sainsbury's Children Book Awards and Sheffield Book Awards. Pablo and Splash is her first graphic novel series. The main characters are time-travelling penguins who are polar opposites but besties for life. (Bloomsbury, January 18th 2024). She is the illustrator of Dave Pigeon (written by Swapna Haddow), Yoga Babies (Fearne Cotton) and The Magic Moment (Niall Breslin). She lives in Folkestone, Kent with her husband Mick and their beloved greyhound Jeremy.