Fran’s illustrations reflect her surroundings; the colours, climate and creatures she encounters daily. She can be inspired by anything; reading a dictionary, chatting to a neighbour, clearing up toys… but natural history and cultural quirks, from places she’s lived and travelled to; Costa Rica, Botswana, Czeck Republic, Canada and Australia – often appear in her work. She works for ‘Two Bad Mice Publishers’, a greetings card company who distribute her images in Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, Finland, U.S.A, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Holland and Belgium.