Ashleigh Corrin

Ashleigh Corrin is an award-winning children’s book illustrator and graphic designer. Her debut illustrated book, Layla’s Happiness, written by Mariahdessa Ekere Tallie (Enchanted Lion), received the 2020 Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Award and Writer’s honor, as well as starred reviews from Kirkus and School Library Journal, and a glowing New York Times review. 

Since her flying start, Ashleigh has illustrated Family Reunion by Chad Richardson (Barefoot Books, 2021),   Mary Can by superstar Mary J. Blige (HarperCollins, 2023), What If One Day. . .  by Bruce Handy (Enchanted Lion), and Joy Takes Root by Gwendolyn Wallace (Kokila, 2024), which was a Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library selection. A gorgeous tribute to the Hudson River, The River Is My Ocean written by Rio Cortez, was published by (S&S/Denene Millner Book, 2024). 

Ashleigh illustrated a series of board books by renowned author, Carole Boston Weatherford: Grandma and Me, Mom and Me, and Me and the Family Tree (Sourcebooks, 2022), earning the inaugural Margaret Wise Brown Board Book Award for Me and the Family Tree. A fourth title, My Daddy Is Everything, will publish in 2026. She has also illustrated board books by Sumana Seeboruth: Undies, Please! and That’s Mine! (Barefoot, 2022). 

In 2027, Denene Millner Books will release Color Me a World, written by Brynne Barnes, with Ashleigh’s colorful illustrations gracing this lyrical text about neurodiversity.

Ashleigh’s style is defined by textured images with organic and playful lines. She uses her iPad Pro, paper collage, drawing pens, and painting in various mediums. Her inspiration comes from family, nature, and life events both mundane and altering. In addition to illustrating books, Ashleigh is a skilled and experienced graphic designer and enjoys creating editorial illustration, playful lettering, fun motifs, and organic line work.

Ashleigh’s appreciation for philanthropic work and acts of service shaped her dream of finding ways to create with purpose and intention. A mission trip to the West Indies at the age of sixteen brought clarity to her intentions, and she set forward on a path to use art to uplift, teach, inspire, and invigorate the minds of youth and the young at heart. Ashleigh lives with her family in Virginia.

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Find her at www.ashleighcorrin.com or on instagram at ashleigh_corrin. 

Praise for Layla’s Happiness:

 “Affirmations of black childhood abound, and whimsical wishes float like dandelion fluff. Equally as imaginative as the lyrical text, Corrin’s boldly colored, textured illustrations beautifully capture the buoyant spirit of Layla, a brown girl exuding confidence, comfortable in her own skin–indoors and out. Well-illustrated poetry of the best kind that will leave sunshine in its wake.” —Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW

“With Corrin’s layered, whimsical illustrations, each page is a snapshot of a simple moment that adds up to an abundant life, urban yet very much in tune with nature. The effect is both laid back and meaningful—an invitation to answer for yourself.” —The New York Times