The illustrations of Rohan Daniel Eason are dark and beautiful, his work on My First Kafka being likened to Edmund Gorey and Maurice Sendak. He was shortlisted for the AOI Illustration awards 2013, and runner up in the award for best book illustration, for a piece in Tancredi a novel by James Palumbo. His work has recently received broad praise after he illustrated bestselling author, Kate Mosse's 2013 release, The Mistletoe Bride.