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Clare Beaton
Agent: Lynn Bennett
Clare Beaton is the illustrator of more than forty books for children. Her work features fabric art incorporating buttons, beads, wire, sequins, embroidery and numerous other found and recycled materials.
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Sarah S. Brannen
Agent: Lynn Bennett
Sarah S. Brannen received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard University and her Master of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Ron Broda
Agent: Lynn Bennett
With over 15 years in advertising, art directing and commercial illustration, Ron Broda combines techniques in paper sculpture and watercolour to create vivid illustrations with great detail and realism.
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Michael Cho
Agent: Samantha Haywood
Michael Cho is a freelance cartoonist/illustrator based in Toronto. He is working on both children’s comics and adult trade graphic novels and illustrations.
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Eric Copeland
Agent: Lynn Bennett
Eric Copeland was born and educated in Essex, England. He had a varied career including being a town planner in England and in Canada.
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Nick Craine
Agent: Lynn Bennett
Nick Craine is a talented multi-faceted illustrator ranging from editorial pieces to graphic novels.
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Willow Dawson
Agent: Samantha Haywood
Willow Dawson grew up in Vancouver, BC and now resides in Toronto, ON with her husband Ray Cammaert. She graduated with honors from the Ontario College of Art and Design and works as an illustrator and cartoonist for various clients.
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Wallace Edwards
Agent: Shaun Bradley
Wallace Edwards is a multiple award-winning children's author and illustrator.
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Lesley Fairfield
Agent: Samantha Haywood
Lesley Fairfield, a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, began her career in children’s illustration.
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Jennifer Herbert
Agent: Lynn Bennett
Jennifer Herbert has always believed that the creative process must be a functional part of every day life. A graduate of Sheridan's illustration program, she is noted for her keen sense of colour and design.
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Lisa Horstman
Agent: Andrea Cascardi
Lisa Horstman began her children’s book career in 1994, when she was awarded the Dr. Seuss Picture book Award for writing and illustrating her picture book submission, Fast Friends.
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Rick Jacobson and Laura Fernandez
Agent: Lynn Bennett
Rick Jacobson and Laura Fernandez have achieved great success in advertising and publishing over the past twenty years.
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Barbara Johansen Newman
Agent: Andrea Cascardi
Before writing and illustrating, Barbara Johansen Newman was an award winning soft sculpture artist, exhibiting in craft galleries throughout the US and Canada.
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John Lang
Agent: Samantha Haywood
John Lang is an award-winning freelance illustrator living in Toronto and is presently working on a graphic novel about WWI war hero Billy Bishop for Penguin Canada.
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Sarah Leavitt
Agent: Samantha Haywood
Sarah Leavitt writes creative non-fiction and social commentary, both in prose and graphic form.
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Ron Lightburn
Agent: Lynn Bennett
Ron Lightburn is internationally renowned for his sensitive storytelling skills and range of illustration styles, from touching realism to exuberant whimsy.
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Pam Mauseth
Agent: Lynn Bennett
Pam Mauseth is a native of Seattle, Washington, and has been working in illustration, design, and photography for over twenty years.
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Capucine Mazille
Agent: Lynn Bennett
Capucine Mazille graduated from the Royal Art School in the Hague and has exhibited in Holland, Switzerland, and France.
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Marilyn Mets and Peter Ledwon
Agent: Lynn Bennett
Marilyn Mets and Peter Ledwon collaborate to write and illustrate children's books and are co-Art Directors for Today's Parent Toronto magazine.
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Joe Ollmann
Agent: Samantha Haywood
Joe Ollmann is a cartoonist who blunders about the quaint, cobbled streets of Montreal pretending he understands some of what is being said to him.
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Rosalind B. Penfold
Agent: Samantha Haywood
Rosalind B. Penfold walked into what she thought would be a love story - with a recently widowed executive and his young children. It turned out to be the kind of life she had never experienced before.
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Roger Roth
Agent: Andrea Cascardi
Roger Roth's work ranges from writing and illustrating his own picture books to illustrating middle grade nonfiction to creating editorial cartoons for national newpapers.
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Joanne Stanbridge
Agent: Lynn Bennett
Joanne Stanbridge is an accomplished children's author and illustrator. She is a reference librarian at the Kingston Frontenac Public Library.
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Jennifer Thermes
Agent: Andrea Cascardi
Jennifer Thermes is a picture book author and illustrator. Her second book, Sam Bennett’s New Shoes, was named a Bank Street College Best Children’s Book for 2007.
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Christa Unzner
Agent: Lynn Bennett
Christa Unzner studied graphic design at the Graphic Arts and Publicity College of Berlin. Her images have appeared in nearly 100 publications in German, English and French languages.
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Kirsti Wakelin
Agent: Lynn Bennett
Kirsti Anne Wakelin is a freelance illustrator, designer and fine artist. She lives and works in Vancouver, B.C.
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Andrea Wayne-von Konigslow
Agent: Lynn Bennett
Andrea Wayne-von Konigslow has exhibited her art in Montreal and Toronto. At Queen's University she was the cartoonist for the Whig Standard.
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We're delighted that the Chicago Public Library has selected this picture book by Darlene Friedman and Roger Roth for its 2009 Best of the Best Books list.
