Mel Armstrong

Illustrator

Mel is an illustrator and surface pattern designer from the coolest capital in the world Wellington, New Zealand. Her first book, A Home for Luna, published by New Frontier Publishing in 2019 won the Rubery Book Award Children’s category and she has since gone on to illustrate more than 10 books. Her work, which is a mix of traditional and digital media using textures and pattern, is largely influenced by the beauty of nature and the funny stories told by her children.