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

Grand Theft Auto Police Reports, From That Time My Mom Played

Personal work. Prints can be purchased here.

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

I profiled my favorite climbing trees in the city for the New York Times Magazine. See the whole thing here.

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

Illustrated poems for The Awl. See them all here.

Collaboration with Jo Livingstone for The Awl. See the whole thing here.

Throughout my first year living in New York, during my daily commutes, I took recordings of subway musicians and sketched them. See & hear them all here.