Hannah Morris

Who is Hannah Morris?

Hannah Morris is an artist and illustrator living in Montpelier, Vermont. Originally from Vermont, United States, she spent more than five years in Stellenbosch and Cape Town, South Africa, completing postgraduate studies in visual arts at the Stellenbosch University fine arts department, focusing on picture books in South Africa. Morris combines her undergraduate background in cultural studies with graphic art to pursue a multi-faceted career in illustration, graphic art, teaching, and arts administration.

She is the illustrator of the award-winning, multi-lingual children's book called uTshepo Mde: Tall Enough. The book is written in both Xhosa and English, and has been translated into Portuguese, Zulu, Afrikaans, and Swedish. Originally published in South Africa, it is now published in the USA by Teach Twice. She was a regular visual columnist for women24.com. She has done freelance illustration book work for Modjaji Books, Jacana Media, Grupo SM, and New World Library.