Alex Latimer

Alex Latimer is an award-winning author and illustrator based in Cape Town. He has written and illustrated dozens of picture books, which have been published around the world. He has also written one novel, The space race, and co-authored two others, South and North, with Diane Awerbuck. Alexs story “Extinction” was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2019.

Short.Sharp.Stories anthology Fluid: interview with Alex Latimer, author of "YOLO"

Karina Magdalena Szczurek, Alex Latimer Books and writers 2023-07-10

"I’ve found that as my career has progressed, I get the chance to work with more and more incredible people. For me, the fun is making a book or a comic or a novel that is better than what I could do on my own."

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