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Justin Worsley biography

Justin Worsley is an illustrator, author and toy designer. After nearly thirty years designing toys, he changed direction to pursue children’s book illustration and graduated from Cambridge School of Art in 2023. He wrote and illustrated Henry Is an Artist, a 32-page picture book for ages 4–8 published by Penguin Young Readers Group on 16 September 2025.

His artwork for Henry Is an Artist was accepted into the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show, where the medium was given as gouache, pencil crayon and hand-painted elements scanned. Before that US edition, the same story was published as Henry the Artistic Dog by Andersen Press on 6 March 2025. Worsley also wrote and illustrated One Fine Day, or How a Fart Sorted Things Out, a 32-page Candlewick picture book for ages 3–7 scheduled for 3 November 2026. In September 2025, he was also named as the illustrator of 1 Wicked Bunny by Daniel Bernstrom, with publication slated for winter 2028.