Elise Hurst is a Melbourne-based illustrator, fine artist and author, specialising in children's books. She works in a vintage alternate reality, creating characters we feel we know and worlds we would like to inhabit.
2025 NEWS
New books in the works
For the rest of this year Elise is working on three exciting books with Compendium.
The Storyteller's Handbook II - the much-anticipated new instalment in this open-narrative universe.
And two secret new books...
NEW EDITION COMING SOON: The Storyteller's Handbook is soon to be rereleased in a special new edition. Stay tuned!