Simone

Freelance Illustrator

[Simone @SimDougie]

I've been working on the illustrations of this amazing and thrilling story and today is the reveal of the cover!

[Farshore @FarshoreBooks]

✨Out 9th June 2022✨

Introducing The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries, a thrilling middle-grade series set in Eighteenth-Century London, written by @OjiBrown73. With all the fun Hamilton, and inspired by real Black British historical figures.

Pre-order now: https://t.co/VTN4yEgSAm

[Maisie Chan - Chi Chi the Panda Author @MaisieWrites]

It’s officially publication day!!!! Welcome to the world third baby book Nate!!!! Three people said it’s their favourite book of mine! Nate Yu’s Blast From the Past is out now!!! Thanks Simone Douglas for the stunning cover!

[Maisie Chan - Chi Chi the Panda Author @MaisieWrites]

Happy Chinese New year!
🧧COVER REVEAL DAY💥

I'm super excited to reveal my new novel 🏮

NATE YU'S BLAST FROM THE PAST

Out with @piccadillypress - 12th June!
Cover by Simone Douglas @SimDougie
(book trailer has music!)

[Scholastic UK @scholasticuk]

We had such a wonderful time with @knchimbiri at @theRCN yesterday. Thank you to all who attended!

[Little Rebels Award @littlerebsprize]

“The power of this story cannot be under stated..it takes exceptional skill & bravery to shape a narrative that challenges readers &society at large to evaluate what has been and what could be.”Judge @storyriver presents the prize
to JT Williams
⭐️Lizzie&Belle:Portraits & Poison

[HarperCollinsUK @HarperCollinsUK]

Huge congrats to J.T. Williams and the @FarshoreBooks team!

[Maria-Motunrayo Ayinke Adebisi🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩✊🏿 @MariaMotunrayo]

🎉Thrilled to share my first ever prize shortlist!

Kòkú Àkànbí and the Heart of Midnight has been shortlisted for the East Sussex Book Awards 2025. I'm sooo excited! Huge thanks to @east_sussex_libraries! 🌟 #ESCBA2025

[Little Rebels Award @littlerebsprize]

🕵🏿‍♀️Overheard in a Judges’ Meeting🔍
Judge Farrah on Lizzie&Belle:

“A fantastic means of countering erasure..,challenging misrepresentations whilst encased in a brilliantly crafted, engaging..story.”

(@storyriver)
J T Williams @SimDougie
@FarshoreBooks
#LittleRebelsAward2024

[Simone @SimDougie]

Tomb Raider Legend! https://t.co/WwPgNFHtFB

[Maria-Motunrayo Ayinke Adebisi🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩✊🏿 @MariaMotunrayo]

My Kòkú Àkànbí series available in TWO DAYS is based on Nigerian mythology and features a 13 year old boy struggling with sickle cell anemia who unleashes an ancient demon on a school trip & teams up with a clumsy shapeshifter and a warrior with magical braids to save the world!!

[Farshore @FarshoreBooks]

We are so excited that The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries: Portraits and Poison has been shortlisted for the #LittleRebelsAward!

Congratulations J.T Williams and @SimDougie🥳🎉

[STORYMIX @storymixstudio]

Huge Congratulations to #JTWilliams @SimDougie and the team @FarshoreBooks. The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries continue to defy categorisation. Historical fiction, crime fiction and fiction as social activism. We couldn’t be prouder of this series!

[STORYMIX @storymixstudio]

Massive congrats to JT Williams, @SimDougie and the whole @FarshoreBooks team on this shortlisting!

[New Writing North @NewWritingNorth]

Last chance to enter the Hachette Children's Novel Award - closing at 11:59pm on Thursday 4 January!

Northern writers, submit your children's novel manuscript to win £3000 and a programme of mentoring from @HachetteKids.

https://t.co/2t0LOvYR1s

[Simone @SimDougie]

I hate knitwear made from acrylic

[Ava-Santina @AvaSantina]

how was your christmas haha yeah quiet one but nice haha goes so quick doesn't it haha yeah

[cowboy stan 🤠 @spiropyran]

So let’s get this right.. if I sell some stuff on Vinted I’m a business, but if I’m a landlord with 5 properties it’s “just a hobby”?

[Peter DeVito @peter_devito]

My favorite pictures I took of my grandma in 2023 (featuring a small cameo of my mom)

[Simone @SimDougie]

I can already feel the stress brewing in the back of my neck, but I'm looking forward to the projects I'm working on!

[putasinghonit @putasinghonit]

“yeah it was good thanks. quiet one. feels good to get back to some normality if im honest haha”

[Simone @SimDougie]

Think I may start Sex and The City for the 100th time.