
Emma FitzGerald
Emma FitzGerald was born in Southern Africa to Irish parents and grew up in Vancouver. She has studied both art and architecture, and is the author of Hand Drawn Halifax. She has also illustrated numerous children’s books; EveryBody is Different on EveryBody Street by Sheree Fitch, A Pocket of Time by Rita Wilson, City Streets are for People by Andrea Curtis, and Two Crows by Susan Vande Griek. She lives and draws in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
PUBLICATIONS
- Hand Drawn Halifax. Formac Lorimer, Halifax, September 2015.
- Hand Drawn Halifax: The Colouring Book. Formac Lorimer, Halifax, September 2015.
- Sketch by Sketch Along Nova Scotia’s South Shore. Formac Lorimer, Halifax, 2017.
- EveryBody’s Different on EveryBody Street, words by Sheree Fitch. Nimbus Publishing, 2018.
- Pivot Point, words by Bren Simmers, Gaspereau Press, 2019.
- A Pocketful of Time: The Poetic Childhood of Elizabeth Bishop, words Rita Wilson, Nimbus Publishing, 2019.
- Hand Drawn Vancouver, Appetite Penguin Random House, June 2020.
- City Streets are for People, words by Andrea Curtis. Groundwood publishing, May 2021.
- Two Crows, words by Susan Vande Griek. Nimbus Publishing, Fall 2022.
- When the Ocean Came to Town, words by Sal Sawler. Nimbus Publishing, Fall 2023
- Hand Drawn Victoria, words by Appetite Penguin Random House, May 2024.
Atlantic Publisher’s Award, 2015.
‘Best Book’, The Coast Halifax, 2015.
Nominated for 2020 Elizabeth Mrazik Cleaver Award for excellence in Illustration, IBBY Canada.
