Fred Fordham

Fred Fordham is an author and illustrator of graphic novels, with a particular focus on literary adaptations. He discovered graphic novels late, after reading Marjane Sartrapi’s Persepolis while studying Politics and Philosophy at University. He spent the next few years working as a muralist, portrait painter, and designer, trying to learn how to tell stories in sequential art.

He has worked with the estates of Harper Lee, Aldous Huxley, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ursula K. Le Guin to create long-form comics of those authors’ works. His adaptation of Le Guin’s A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA won the 2026 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic.  Fred has collaborated with contemporary authors including Matt Haig, Philip Pullman and Phil Earle to adapt and illustrate their stories. He lives in London.