Morag Hood (born 1986) is a Scottish writer and illustrator of children's books.
[1] Her stories rely on interplay between text and illustration, creating space in the narrative for young readers to fill in.
[2] Hood was the winner of the UKLA book awards in the 3–6 category in 2018, for Colin and Lee, Carrot and Pea, and in 2019 for I am Bat.
[35] As an art student, she entered the competition for the Macmillan Prize and both of her entries were shortlisted.
Prior to her writing career, she worked with several theatre companies as a costume designer, including the Young Vic, before realising she wanted to create children's books.