Levi Pinfold

Levi Pinfold
EducationFalmouth University
Known forHarry Potter illustrations
Notable workBlack Dog
AwardsKate Greenaway Medal
2013 Black Dog – Illustrator
Websitelevipinfold.com.au

Levi Pinfold is a British artist, writer and illustrator from Gloucestershire, England, who won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2013 for his illustrations for the picture book Black Dog. He is the illustrator for the final two books in the Harry Potter Illustrated Edition series.

Personal life

Pinfold was born in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. He started drawing from a young age. He currently lives in Australia on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, with his photographer wife. He attempts to grow vegetables in his spare time.

Career

Since graduating from Falmouth University in 2006, Pinfold has worked as a self employed illustrator.

Pinfold debuted in 2010 with the picture book The Django, inspired by jazz legend Django Reinhardt. This book earned him the Booktrust Best New Illustrators Award. Published by Templar Books in 2011, his second picture book Black Dog won the 2013 Kate Greenaway Medal.

In 2015, he illustrated Greenling, a picture book about a green baby creature suddenly appears on the Barleycorn family's farm in Australia. In 2016, he illustrated The Secret Horses of Briar Hill by Megan Shepherd. He also illustrated The Song from Somewhere Else by A. F. Harrold. In 2017, he designed the cover for Bloomsbury's 20th Anniversary Hogwarts House Edition of Harry Potter. In 2019, he illustrated The Dam by David Almond. From 2021 to 2024, he continued to illustrate many books for the authors Hannah Gold and A. F. Harrold. In March 2025, Bloomsbury announced Levi as the illustrator for the final two books in the Harry Potter Illustrated Editions series, continuing the visual storytelling started by Jim Kay.

Works

As author and illustrator
As illustrator

References

  1. 1 2 "2013 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals announced". The Horn Book. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Bloomsbury announce Levi Pinfold as the new illustrator of the Harry Potter Illustrated Editions series". Bloomsbury Publishing. 10 March 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 "An Interview with an Artist: Levi Pinfold". UK: International Board on Books for Young People. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  4. 1 2 Gray, Geordie (19–20 September 2026). "Magic Touch (print) Queensland artist Levi Pinfold is redrawing Harry Potter for new readers (online)". Culture. The Australian. pp. 8–11. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
  5. ↑ "Levi Pinfold". Reading Zone. Betchworth, Surrey, UK. 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Levi Pinfold". Literaturfestival.com. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "What If? Visions of the future – Levi Pinfold". BBC. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
  8. ↑ Grobler, Piet (15 May 2015). "The best British children's illustrators in the Bratislava awards – in pictures". The Guardian.
  9. ↑ "The Django". School Library Journal. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  10. ↑ "Black Dog by Levi Pinfold – review". The Guardian. 24 July 2012.
  11. ↑ "Black Dog". The Horn Book Magazine. 88 (5): 71–72. September 2012. EBSCOhost 79320299.(subscription required)
  12. ↑ Stevenson, Deborah (November 2012). "Black Dog". The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 66 (3). ProQuest 1289032199.
  13. ↑ "Greenling". Kirkus Reviews. 16 November 2015.
  14. ↑ "Paradise Sands". Kirkus Reviews. 8 November 2022.
  15. ↑ Smith, Julia. "Paradise Sands". Booklist. EBSCOhost 159616343.(subscription required)
  16. ↑ Spisak, April (November 2022). "Paradise Sands: A Story of Enchantment by Levi Pinfold (review)". Book Review Digest Plus. 76 (3). EBSCOhost 160281796.(subscription required)
  17. ↑ Bradnock, Marianne (2019). "The Dam". The School Librarian. 67 (2). ProQuest 2398195535.