Kylie Howarth

Summary

Kylie Howarth is an award-winning, internationally published children’s book author and illustrator from Western Australia.
She not only draws inspiration from her underwater travels but also her own two fish-kids who are ocean explorers too.

Biography

Kylie Howarth is an award-winning, internationally published children’s author and illustrator from Western Australia.

She is also part fish! Kylie has swum with whale sharks, manta rays and humpback whales in Ningaloo, piranha and pink dolphins in the Amazon, braved scuba diving with lionfish in Egypt, marine iguanas and hammerhead sharks in the Galapagos Islands and encountered great white sharks in South Africa!

Kylie not only draws inspiration from her underwater travels but also her own two fish-kids who are ocean explorers too.

Kylie’s picture book Chip won the 2018 WAYRBA Hoffman Award, was CBCA shortlisted, YABBA Awards shortlisted and won a KOALA Honour Award. She recently released its sequel, Chip The Lifeguard, listed as a CBCA Notable, as well as Fish Kid and the Lizard Ninja, the first book in her new chapter book series.

Relevant qualifications

Bachelor of Arts (Design) Curtin University.

Recent experience

AWESOME Arts Festival Winter - Book Club with Kylie Howarth (July 2019)
Margaret River Reader's and Writers Festival (May 2019)
Scribblers Festival (May 2019)
Storytellers Festival - The Literature Centre (April 2019)
A Night With Our Stars - CBCA (March 2019)