| Honorific Suffix: | MFA |
| Birth Place: | Asheville, NC |
| Alma Mater: | Savannah College of Art & Design |
| Known For: | Illustration, Painting |
| Notable Works: | Monsters In Charleston, Nian, The Chinese New Year Dragon |
| Website: | http://timothybanks.com |
Timothy Banks is an American illustrator and author recognized by Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, Spectrum, 3×3 Magazine, Creative Quarterly, PLAY! Illustration and Showcase 100. His clients include Nike, Paste Magazine,[1] Egmont, Faber & Faber, and Nickelodeon.[2] [3] He has illustrated dozens of children’s books,[4] including a reimagining of the Wizard of Oz for young readers, There's A Norseman in the Classroom and the classic Enid Blyton series, The Five Finder Outer, for Egmont UK. His illustrations for Nian, The Chinese New Year Dragon, released in 2020, help garner a "Reviewer's Choice" Award from Feathered Quill.[5] He has done extensive work for TOWN and Paste Magazine, including Paste's "The Failure Issue" named one of 2015's best covers[6] by min. Also, Banks's work was selected to be the official image for Piccolo Spoleto 2014.[7] In 2017, Banks wrote and published the illustrated anthology, Monsters In Charleston,[8] depicting whimsical monsters taking over his hometown of Charleston, SC.
Banks is the recipient of numerous honors and awards: