Karin Åkesson

About the Author

Karin Åkesson is an award-winning author and illustrator inspired by her Swedish heritage and wants to emphasize the vibrant and sunny things in life. She creates and sells prints of her beautiful art, homeware, and stationery all over the UK and Europe. Her clients include the British Heart Foundation, The Guardian, TheIndependent, The Telegraph, Habitat, Saatchi and Saatchi, and Veuve Clicquot. The Rainbow Snail was her first original children’s book and was the Overall Winner of the Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2024. Åkesson lives in East London, UK.