Nicola Mary Bayley[1] (born August 18, 1949) is a Singaporean-born British children's book illustrator and author.
Instead, she attended St. Martin's School of Art in London and studied graphic design, focusing on illustration in her later years there under Fritz Wegner and John Farman.
[4] Publisher Tom Maschlerer noticed her final portfolio from the Royal College of Art and commissioned her to illustrate a book.
[4] Richard Adams was inspired by Bayley's illustration for the nursery rhyme, "Three Thick Thumping Tigers Taking Toast for Tea", and he subsequently wrote a prose poem based on her work.
[3] The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature stated, "Her artwork is characterized by minute detail, glowing colors, and fine texture", adding that her work "generally [has] a soft feel.