The Creative Team
Steve Bonham, author
Steve Bonham is a storyteller, an author, an inveterate traveller, for decades a songwriter, performer and musician, and an award-winning psychologist. Born in Derbyshire, England, Steve studied psychology and philosophy at university. He has recorded more than ten albums, written two musicals, and several books. He is the author of the Vagabond Philosopher blog and proud member of The Long Road playing ‘renegade Americana’ all over the world. His writing style has been described as Bill Bryson meets Woody Guthrie meets Don Quixote!
Wide-brimmed hat. Long dark coat. Guitar slung on back. 32 years on the road. 100,000 miles and half a thousand hotel rooms. From the Berlin Wall to the Atlas Mountains, from the Sahara Desert to the streets of Hong Kong: a man who has learned to watch and to listen, to walk and talk in the ebb and flow of meeting and parting.
Find out more about Steve at stevebonham.net
Tasia Graham, illustrator
Imaginative storytelling artist, Tasia Graham, uses scenic imagery and striking colour coordination. Working in new age digital and traditional media, Tasia combines her knowledge of hand painting with digital design to create a more expressive interpretation of illustration.
Tasia uses texture, layering and figurative line work as the foundations of her digital paintings, with themes of imagination, womanhood and cultural identity. Exploring the emotional attributes of human behavior, Tasia transforms ‘feeling’ into atmospheric imagery and encourages the viewer to step into the painting, to feel the presence of their conscience. “I want the viewer feel like they are standing in the middle of the painting”.
Graduating in 2021 from University of Art London, Tasia began her career working with the BBC and Financial Times, illustrating the stories of authors and her personal experiences.
Find out more about Tasia at linktr.ee/Tasia.Designs
“As an illustrator I’m drawn to narratives and the magic of books. The Spirit Dog has great reading imagery to capture moments, feeling and emotion, which compelled me to work on the project!”
Christopher Lydon, creative producer
Christopher Lydon is a musician, composer, producer and educator. He plays piano and tuba/sousaphone, and has dabbled in Indonesian gamelan over the years. He has performed all around the UK and Europe, from world-class concert halls, to the muddy fields of Glastonbury, to multi-storey car parks.
He has been an education associate with the world-famous Hallé orchestra for twenty years, running a hugely successful education project teaching brass and reading music in prisons, secure care centres and pupil referral units.
Find out more about Chris at chrislydon.co.uk