About

Hello and welcome!

I’m Anna Lena Feunekes — author and illustrator of nonfiction books about food, history and science, published by Fox & Ink and DK, represented by literary agent Christabel McKinley at David Higham Associates.
I came to illustration via Industrial Design, which means I approach every book as both a visual and a research problem. I love diving into historical texts, talking to experts, and finding the story inside the story: the politics behind a potato, the persecution behind a herb, the trade route behind a spice.

My illustration style combines hand-painted textures, paper collage, and digital tools to create rich, layered artwork that I hope makes the past feel alive and a little bit more real. I can never quite shut up about the intersection of food, history, politics and culture — which is probably why I also run The Illustrated Kitchen, a monthly illustrated newsletter about food history and the stories behind what we eat.

Beyond books and newsletters, I teach collage illustration in workshops, and I have a deep soft spot for old buildings, vintage cookbooks, and forgotten recipes. You’ll often find me in the kitchen testing dishes I’ve been researching, or on my roof terrace growing more veggies than I know what to do with.

If you’d like to work together, reach out at hey@annalena.nl or via the contact page.