Caroline Pedler was born in Cornwall but moved away to Portsmouth, then Bristol and Bath, returning to the county in 2005. A commission in 1997 from Hallmark Cards UK marked the start of a career as a professional artist. Two years later she illustrated a children's book for Readers Digest. To date she has illustrated around 50 books, many of which have been published worldwide.

From the early 1990s onwards Pedler's work has been shown in Bath and Bristol and since graduating with an MA in Illustration-Authorial Practice in 2011, she has been exhibiting her fine art work widely in Cornwall.

Alongside her art practice, she lectures, mentors and runs workshops in St Agnes and Plymouth College of Art. She is a tutor at Newlyn School of Art (2016).