Kate Sheehy is an Irish illustrator based in Dublin. She studied Fine Art at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin and qualified with a BA in Fine Art. She recently completed an MA in Children's Book Illustration at The Cambridge School of Art. Kate won third place in the Carmelite Prize 2017 for illustrating a text by author Rachel Bright. She is the author-illustrator of Guinea Pigs Go Gardening and Guinea Pigs Go Stargazing, also by DK.