Fred Fordham

Fred Fordham is a British graphic novelist, adapter and illustrator who grew up in north London. He studied politics and philosophy at the University of Sussex and worked as a traditional portrait painter and muralist before turning to comics, and his first published comics work appeared in France.

He illustrated Philip Pullman's first graphic novel, The Adventures of John Blake: Mystery of the Ghost Ship, and then became known for turning classic novels into graphic novels. He adapted and illustrated Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird (2018) and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, and he wrote the text adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, illustrated by Aya Morton.

His graphic novel of Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea (2025), which he both adapted and illustrated, follows the young wizard Ged from reckless student to master of his craft. It won a Hugo Award in 2026.