Meet the Author: Dapo Adeola

Fly into an empowering event with bestselling author and award-winning illustrator Dapo Adeola as he introduces his latest picture book Super Goat Girl.Find out what makes you super in this funny, heartwarming event full of drawing and finding joy in who you are.Dapo Adeola is an illustrator, author and character designer who was awarded Illustrator of the Year at The British Book Awards in 2022.

Dapo rocketed into the picture book world with his greatly acclaimed illustrator debut, Look Up!, written by Nathan Bryon and published by Puffin in 2019, which won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2020.

Dapo illustrated My Dad is a Grizzly Bear and My Mum Is a Lioness written by award-winning author Swapna Haddow (both published by Macmillan Children’s Books), and collaborated with Malorie Blackman on their picture book We’re Going to Find the Monster!Dapo and Discover collaborated on the immersive exhibition The Box Rocket in 2023.