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About me

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Author Illustrator Projects: 

The Only Ghost In Town \ Chapter Book Series with Penguin Workshop:

Book 1 - THE ONLY GHOST IN SCHOOL (Summer 2025)

Book 2 - THE ONLY GHOST AT SUMMER CAMP 

(Summer 2025)

Birtle, Early Graphic Novel Series with AMP Kids:

Book 1 -  BIRTLE AND THE PURPLE TURTLES (Jan 2024)

Book 2 - BIRTLE AND THE VERY UNWELCOME GARRY (May 2024)

 

Illustration Projects:

Book 1 - GROUCHO THE GROUCHY GROUNDHOG

The Pancake Panic (July 2025) AMP KIDS

Written by Lydia Lukidis

PLANES USA (Penguin Workshop, 2020)

GOD IS THERE WHEREVER YOU ARE

(Penguin Workshop, 2021) 

I am a children's book author illustrator and creator of Meant for a Moment Designs and No Sleep Lots of Love. 

 

I work from my home studio in Crownsville, MD. My office assistants include one overly excited dog, two equally excitable little girls, and three cups of forgotten-about, room-temperature coffee. 

 

I enjoy creating across all kidlit genres: board books, picture books, chapter books, graphic novels, and middle grade. I am drawn to stories with humor and heart. I am particularly fond of illustrating unicorns, dragons, and ghosts. 

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My current works in-progress include picture books (lots of them about unicorns), chapter books, graphic novels (early and middle grade), and a dystopian middle-grade novel. I am passionate about body positivity, female empowerment, and cultivating a belonging culture vs. a fitting-in culture. 


When not illustrating, I can be found being so uncool it's almost cool, with my daughters and husband, consuming podcasts and audiobooks by the boatload, or jogging. 

 

I can rarely be found sleeping, and I am okay with that.​

 

My illustrations have been described as whimsical, playful, and quirky.

 

Represented by Elizabeth Bennett of The Transatlantic Agency â€‹

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