I’m Hallie Bateman. I’m a freelance writer and illustrator based in Los Angeles. My work has been published by The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Awl and others. I am the author of Brave New Work (2016), What To Do When I’m Gone (2018) and Directions (2021).

Want to hire me? Or maybe just say hi? Email me at hallie.bateman@gmail.com.

Press/Interviews: Tight Pencils / The Daily Dot / Muse’s Milk / The Wall Street Journal

Love Voltaire Us Apart

I illustrated Julia Edelman's satirical book of love advice from famous philosophers with 42 pen & ink illustrations. Watch the trailer here and order on Amazon here.

Personal work. Prints can be purchased here.

A series of gouache paintings made for Lenny. See the whole series here.

Made a series of comics to accompany an essay by Joe Berkowitz about dating. Read the essay & see all the comics here.

Personal work. A starry night in Brooklyn.

GIF illustration for Josephine Livingstone's gorgeous essay for The Awl on her lifelong love of rain.

Pandodaily / 2013

For Bygone Bureau's "Best of the Internet" feature in 2012, I made an illustration to pay homage to my favorite meme of that year.