Åsa Gilland is a Swedish illustrator living in Jakarta, Indonesia with her family and cats in a little house beneath a gigantic bougainvillea tree.

She studied interior design at Accademia Italiana Moda in Florence and spent many years as a graphic designer before pursuing her love for illustration and picture books.

She works in a combination of traditional and digital media, drawing her inspiration from the mixture of cultures in the world around her. Her characterful illustrations reflect the rich diversity of her own lived experience. She loves history, patterns and drawing people.