Kate Pankhurst

Kate Pankhurst is a British writer and illustrator, known for a series of children's picture books. She won second place in the 2002 Macmillan Prize for Picture Book Illustration.

Early life Kate Pankhurst was raised in Liverpool, England. She later credited an independent bookshop that she passed on the way to school as introducing her to books.

Career After winning second place in the 2002 Macmillan Prize for Picture Book Illustration, She subsequently published through Bloomsbury.

Her first non-fiction work Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World led Pankhurst to discover that she was distantly related to suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, whom she featured in the book. Although she thought for a period that there was no connection, another family member confirmed the link through her paternal line. Pankhurst said that she had enjoyed promoting lesser known stories of women in the book, such as Gertrude Ederle and her crossing of the English Channel. as well as appearing at the WayWord festival in Chester. A follow-up book was due to be published in February 2018. The show's UK tour started in 2021 and continued until 2023.

In addition to working as an illustrator, Pankhurst also works with teachers and children to share and inspire a love for reading and the stories of notable women.

Awards and honors Pankhurst won second place in the 2002 Macmillan Prize for Picture Book Illustration.

Personal life Pankhurst lives in Leeds with her family, and creates her books in a studio located in a former spinning mill. She has a dalmatian named Olive.