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Luke.Adam Hawker author page
Luke Adam Hawker biography
Luke Adam Hawker is a British artist and author-illustrator with a background in architecture and design. He became a full-time artist in 2015 and works extensively with copper-plate etching and finely detailed pen-and-ink drawing for books and limited-edition prints.
Hawker illustrated The Night Creatures: Firefly, written by Robert Macfarlane and published by Magic Cat Publishing. The book is the first title in the Night Creatures trilogy and features artwork created from original etchings. The UK hardback carries ISBN 9781917044523.
Earlier illustrated books include Together by Marianne Laidlaw and Luke Adam Hawker (Kyle Books, 18 March 2021) – a Sunday Times bestseller – and The Last Tree: A Seed of Hope (Ilex Press, 2 March 2023, 64pp). Hawker also produces limited-edition prints and exhibitions related to his book projects.
The Night Creatures: Firefly was published in the UK by Magic Cat Publishing on 23 October 2025.
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