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Ashling Lindsay.

Writer & illustrator · United Kingdom

Ashling Lindsay: Northern Irish illustrator behind An Unexpected Thing and The Star in the Forest — soft, painterly, gently magical picture books for ages 3–7.

Ashling Lindsay is a Northern Irish illustrator best known to children's-book readers for warm picture books, An Unexpected Thing, The Star in the Forest, with a soft, painterly visual style and a quiet sense of magical realism. Lindsay's work tends to land in the gentle-emotional, gift-shelf register, with strong adult co-reading appeal. A reliable contemporary UK / Irish picture-book illustrator for ages 3–7.