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Featured Illustrator: John Doe

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Bibliography at Orca

Book One: Something about the art--longer than one sentence, but probably not much more than two or three, and five at most. It should take up about as much space as this does. It should be more detailed than the sentence on the "short version" of the feature author page. The book should be linked to in the catalogue.

Book Two: Depending on the length and number of the summaries, they will either all be beside the photo, or the last few will continue underneath the photo.

Book Three: About the art.

Book Four: About the art.

Etcetera.

Interview

Why do you illustrate children's books? Answer, answer answer.

What kind of research do you do before you illustrate a book? Answer.

Do you put your family and friends in your books? Answer.

What is your favourite children's book? (Or what was it, when you were a child?) Answer.

What are you working on now? Answer.

What are you reading now? Answer.

Do you think Harry Potter has been good or bad for children's literature? What do you think will happen “post-Potter”? Answer.

What is your favourite (or funniest) childhood/teenage memory? Answer.

What are the best and worst things about illustrating? Answer.

What's the funniest or most interesting reader response you've ever had? Answer.

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The entire biography.

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