Maryam Khalifah

Maryam Khalifah is a member of AOI and SCBWI and has a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Illustration from Middlesex University, London, England.

Maryam is a digital illustrator, specializing in children’s picture books and cover art for chapter books. Maryam has completed picture book illustrations for several clients. Coming from a multiracial background, Maryam is a huge proponent of seeing those from minority backgrounds represented in picture books; as such, she loves illustrating diverse and multiracial characters such as herself.

When she is not illustrating or working on a design brief, she works with Kindergarten children and parents to provide creative learning opportunities through art, yoga, helicopter story-telling, and outdoor learning experiences.​