Christina Balit

Christina Balit is a graduate of Questers Theatre School, the Chelsea Art College and the Royal College of Art. She has received widespread praise for books including “Blodin the Beast”, “Ishtar and Tammuz”, “The Twelve Labours of Hercules” and “The Kingdom of the Sun” for which she won the English Association Non-Fiction Illustration Award in 2002. Of British and Armenian descent, Christina spent her childhood years in the Middle East, which has greatly influenced her bright and stylised illustrations.