~Amy June Bates~

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A peek in her Studio!
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Amy June Bates is a freelance illustrator
with Shannon and Associates.
She has worked with Harper Collins,
Farrer Strauss And Giroux, Hyperion Books for
Children and Barnes and Noble among others.
Amy grew up in Utah and graduated from
Brigham Young University in Illustration.
While in Utah, she worked for the Waterford Institute
doing educational illustration. During her time with
Waterford Amy illustrated over twenty books and
learned all about this sort of thing.
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Most importantly, she gets to draw which makes her happy.
Amy now lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with
her husband Alex and their ambidexterous son Evan.
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Sketch and illustration of Swan Lake.
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A few books illustrated by her hand:
Hillary Rodham Clinton:
Dreams Taking Flight by Kathleen Krull
You Can Do It! by Tony Dungy
The Dog Who Belonged to No One by Amy Hest
Martin’s Dream by Jane Kurtz
Abe’s Fish: A Boyhood Tale of A.Lincoln by Jen Bryant
. Illustration from the The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Easy Reader Classic series, adapted by Catherine Nichols.
.. From The Dog Who Belonged to No One by Amy Hest.
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