ABOUT ME
Where are you from?
We moved around a lot growing up. I lived in Nashville, TN; Norman, OK; Oxford, MS; and ended up in Pensacola, FL.
Where do you live now?
​After 17 years in Brooklyn, we recently moved to the suburbs of New Jersey.
With?
My husband, two sweet kids, and a dog named Wally.
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Where did you get so interested in art?
I studied a little at Harvard, even though I majored in English. (See above: reading.) After college I got a Rotary Scholarship to study art history at Cambridge University.
Who’s your agent?
The incomparable Sara Crowe (Harvey Klinger, Inc.)
What’s your favorite middle-grade book?
A tie between The Westing Game and From the Mixed-Up Files..., of course
What’s your favorite picture book?
Anything by David Wiesner
Ever been on a game show?
Yes, as a matter of fact, I have: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Not me, apparently.)