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I am a published illustrator with twenty years experience in all aspects of the children’s publishing industry. I have recently begun writing picture books and hope to debut as a writer/illustrator soon and am currently seeking representation.

I studied illustration at Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio. My expressive illustrations are commissioned by children's book, magazine and educational publishers worldwide.

I live in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania with my husband and four cats. When I’m not illustrating I love to garden and hike the mountains of central Pennsylvania.

I am a member of Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

You can see more of my work at Workbook.com, DirectoryofIllustration.com or www.childrensillustrators.com.

 

Client List

Albert Whitman & Company  • Bricks • Boystown Press • Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)

Clubhouse Jr • Composure Graphics •  Dinardo Design  • Flashlight Press

Heinemann  •  Herman Adler • Highlights  • Houghton Mifflin  •  Kagan Cooperative Learning

Kindermusik International Inc. • McGraw Hill  •  Nelson Canada  • NIH • Orange Hat Publishing

Pearson  •  Pronk Canada  •  Scholastic • Silver Editions  •  Scott Foresman  •  Soundprints  

Sourcebooks • Spider Magazine  •  Stichting Cultural Droomwevers • Teacher Created Materials  

Turner Publishing Company  •  Wilkinson Studios • Zaner-Bloser

Awards

PBParty Finalist 2024

2016 Amelia Bloomer List - The Original Cowgirl

Massachusetts Book Award Must Read Books List for 2016 - The Original Cowgirl

Comstock Best Read Aloud Book Award, 2012 - The Busy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister

ABC Best of Books Catalog pick, 2011 - The Busy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister

Delaware Diamonds Award list 2012-13 - The Busy Life of Ernestine Buckmeister

Ellen Dolan Memorial Mentorship Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators-Missouri

Durham (N.C.) Arts Council Emerging Artist Award