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I love illustrating for other writers because I am given stories I never would have thought of, and my work as an illustrator is always in support of the story.

My husband wrote the story for my first book, but then he didn't want to do that anymore. So if I was going to go on being an illustrator, I had to start writing the stories, too.

I love being an illustrator because I get to read really great stories, work with amazing people, travel and see places I never would've seen. And I get to draw all the time.

I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.

I grew up wanting only to be an illustrator. I studied art at Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College.

As the years went by I became a writer and illustrator, although exclusively of fantasies.

I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age.

I've always been drawn to artists who paint for the everyday person. I love the American illustrators.

Before I began concentrating on writing, in my free time I was an artist, making and selling etchings illustrating stories based on my readings in classical literature.

I majored in illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design, although I never had any intention of being an illustrator and didn't take any classes in illustration there. It was just that the illustration degree had no requirements.