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

STARRY NIGHT

Personal work. A starry night in Brooklyn.

An illustrated lullaby of sorts for The Oyster Review.

Written and illustrated for The New Yorker's Shouts and Murmurs blog. "Houseplants for D.I.Y.ers who have killed too many houseplants"

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

Wrote & illustrated a an essay about my experience at a ten day silent meditation retreat. Read the whole thing here.

The Awl // January 2015

The Top 10 Only Books I Read This Year / The Oyster Review / December 2014

The Awl / December 2014

"How to draw people on the subway" / The Awl / 2014

I made over 40 drawings while marching in the People's Climate March in Manhattan on September 21st. Then I narrowed them down and compiled them into a comic which was published on The Awl. Later that week, the Wall Street Journal interviewed me about the piece.