Bibi Senthi
Twitter: @BibiSenthi • Facebook: • Website: bibisenthi.com • Instagram: bibisenthi.com
When Bibi finally realised she wanted to write and illustrate picture books, she found she already had sketchbooks full of ideas. She has always needed to reimagine emotions and relationships as knowable creatures and tangible objects to understand them. It turned out that was just what she needed for her stories.
Bibi has completed Make Art that Sells Illustrating Children's Books courses, the Curtis Brown Picture Book course, and two StoryCampDisco residencies.
She is a member of SCBWI British Isles and Write Mentor, and was selected as a WriteMentor Summer Mentee in 2022.
Bibi is British Tamil, disabled, and autistic. She writes and illustrates from her home in Manchester, UK, and has a PhD in biological sciences. Although she has left the lab, she continues to explore the wonders of biology through her stories, and works part-time in mental health research. She keeps a list of every rainbow she sees, and her favourite feeling is awe.