Isobel started freelancing in 2015, creating her own illustrated stories and selling them at markets. This put her on the radar of School Journal and Huia publishers, where she began to work on commission. Her debut book, Santa’s Worst Christmas, was published in 2019 and nominated across 4 categories in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

Her follow-up book, Whiti, Colossal Squid of the Deep, written by Victoria Cleal and published by Te Papa Press, won a Whitley Award for Best Children’s Book. Since then, she has produced illustrations for several national best-selling children’s books and continues to regularly contribute to School Journal.

She has a Diploma in Visual Arts from UCOL and a Bachelor of Design (Hons) majoring in illustration from Massey University.