Timothy Ide has illustrated a number of children’s books, among them: award-winning Tom the Outback Mailman and King of the Outback with Kristin Weidenbach, as well as Beverley McWilliam’s Born to Fly, Max Fatchen’s A Country Christmas and Fiona McIntosh’s Fantastica: Shapeshifter series. He is also known for his court sketching work for the Adelaide TV news networks.

MidnightSun published his children’s books King of the Outback in May 2017, Born to Fly in August 2019 and The Lanternist in July 2021.