Agent: Shadra Strickland

Cherise Harris is an author and illustrator from Barbados. Her debut author-illustrated picture book, The Toy Plane, publishes in 2026 with Denene Millner Books, and she is currently working on Audrey’s Magic Book Club, an author-illustrated early graphic reader series with Chronicle. Cherise completed her Associate Degree in Visual Arts at the Barbados Community College, her BFA in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts in NYC and her MA in Illustration: Authorial Practice at Falmouth University in the UK. She is inspired by childhood memories, and the books and movies she enjoyed growing up in the 90s, which often had to do with children going off on big adventures. Cherise works in a variety of media, including pencil, inks, watercolors and digital, and her dream jobs include book cover illustrations and portrait illustration for editorial. For fun Cherise loves watching movies and documentaries, and baking. She currently lives in Barbados with her husband and two children.