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Taryn Johnson is an illustrator, animator, and designer. She loves bringing a playful appreciation of nature to her work with bright colors, patterns, and a little imagination. With each project, she hopes to spark curiosity and wonder for our planet and the life that lives
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Sarah Jung is the author and illustrator of When Father Comes Home. She was born in Maine, grew up in Vancouver, Canada, and received a BFA in Illustration, Creative Writing and Book Arts from Maryland Institute College of Art. Sarah now resides in Baltimore, Maryland,
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Maribel Lechuga is a freelance illustrator from Madrid, Spain. She has worked for clients all over the world, such as Anaya, Edelvives, Palabra, Heinemann, Usborne, Charlesbridge or Harper Collins. Her versatility and sensitivity make her illustrations stand out, bringing poetry to her artwork, full of
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Loris Lora (She/Her) is a first generation Latina illustrator + designer living and working in Los Angeles. She is a multi-disciplinary artist who has worked in editorial publishing, book publishing, toy design, surface design, and has been featured in galleries across the globe. Learn more
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James Mayhew is an Award-winning author & illustrator with a love for music and storytelling. His books have received honors by The New York Times, the Carnegie Greenaway awards, the Polari Prize, and others, but the best reward for James is seeing a child with one
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Islenia Mil is an Afro-Latina illustrator specializing thoughtful storytelling and vibrant color. She aims to transport her readers to another world. Her upbringing is a tale of two isles. She spent her childhood between the bustling environment of New York City and the tropical landscape of
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Letícia Moreno is an illustrator and comic artist from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her artwork focuses on drawing cute, colorful, and fun black characters. When not drawing, Letícia is either playing Animal Crossing, watching Twitch streams, making some vegan recipes, or playing with her dogs, Soshi and
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Frank Morrison was born in Massachusetts and moved to New Jersey at an early age. He grew up during the early days of rap music, graffiti, and break dancing. A well-known graffiti artist and also an accomplished break-dancer, he was actually part of the Sugar
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Ari North is a queer cartoonist who believes an entertaining story should also be full of diversity and inclusion. As a writer, an artist, and a musician, she wrote, drew, and composed the music for Always Human, a complete romance/sci-fi webcomic about two queer girls navigating
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Émilie Pépin is a passionate illustrator whose love for picture books led her to become an illustrator and designer. After completing her studies at the Cégep du Vieux Montréal, Émilie worked for many years in the children’s video games industry as a 2-D artist and
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Nomar Perez was born on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico, where he grew up in the city of Ponce, a unique city with new and Old Spanish colonial architecture and an amazing array of colors, sounds, and flavors. These aspects of his Puerto Rican
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Zoe Persico is an illustrator with a love for everything cute, colorful, and full of whimsy. When she’s not working, she enjoys hiking, cooking, playing Dungeons & Dragons, hunting for good finds at the thrift store, and watching documentaries. She currently resides in sunny Florida with
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A former Creative Director of Paul Frank Industries and the co-founder and Creative Director of Lately Lily, Micah Player began his illustration career designing characters, graphics and style guides for the apparel industry. He then went on to write and illustrate the picture books Chloe,
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