Welcome to my website!

I’m an author, illustrator, and teacher from Gustavus, Alaska. In my books and art, I celebrate the beauty, complexity, and dignity of living things. In my classes, I help children and adults strengthen their observational and artistic skills as they connect with the living landscape through art.

NEW AND UPCOMING BOOKS

When You See Us is a love song to graceful, creepy, beautiful, and comical aquatic insects. It’s published by Candlewick Press, and illustrated by the extraordinary Svabhu Kohli. Look for it in bookstores in spring 2025.

I Was is a science book about animal skulls, told in the voices of the skulls themselves. The gorgeous illustrations are by Natasha Donovan. In the year since it came out, it has received several honors, including being selected by Chicago Public Library as one of the top non-fiction picture books of the year!