Kirbi Fagan is a Michigan based, New York Best Selling illustrator. Kirbi’s first picture book “The Summer of the Tree Army” by Gloria Whelan was released in 2021. Her first author-illustrated picture book will debut in 2025. She is recognized for her cover art in Adult, YA, and Middle-Grade fiction as well as her numerous covers for comic books on projects such as Black Panther/Shuri and Firefly.
Kirbi is driven to create books for readers like her. Arts and crafts were her lifeline as a way to cope with ongoing illness. Art quickly turned into her greatest passion and now, a career. Kirbi is traditionally trained as an oil painter, earning her bachelor’s degree in Illustration from Kendall College of Art and Design.
Kirbi has visited many classrooms from pre-K to university to talk about her being an artist and making books. She is the former Co-Regional Illustrator Coordinator with the Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators.
Represented by Kayla Cichello | Kayla@upstartcrowliterary.com
Recognition
Jack Gaughan Award: Best Emerging Artist 2017
Muddy Color Rising Star 2017
International Illustrator of the Future 2014
Selected Clients
Marvel Comics/Disney
Simon & Schuster
Penguin Books
Orbit Books
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Dark Horse Comics