Rilla Alexander is an Australian-born, Los Angeles based graphic designer, illustrator and picture book maker whose work has appeared on everything from toys and tea cups to busses and buildings. 
Her characters dance across Museo del Prado's ceramics and stationery, populate Swiss Credit Cards and sleep on the walls of a Copenhagen hotel (where she replaced the bed with a tent). 
She has illustrated books she has written (Her Idea, The Best Book in the World) and ones she hasn't (Jane Yolen’s A Bear Sat on my Porch Today, Lemony Snicket’s Swarm of Bees). One she both wrote and illustrated, The New Rooster, won a New York Times/New York Public Library 2022 Best Illustrated Children’s Book.
She has made board book series (Touchwords, Motor Mix) and a set of pocket sized books for preschoolers (Hippo Park Pals). Herbert on the Slide was named a 2023 Charlotte Zolotow Highly Commended Book.
Her latest picture book 'You Rule!' is about measuring immeasurable things in life like bravery, kindness and love.