Local Author Profiles: Judy Schachner and David Wiesner
When did you decide to become a children’s book author?
I grew up in suburban New Jersey drawing and painting. I realized pretty early on that I liked to tell stories with pictures. I found the narrative aspect of it very appealing. As a kid, I read countless comic books and watched old movies, and it came into focus when I went to art school. I began to feel books were the form in which I wanted to do my art. I knew I didn’t want to do comic books -- that world at the time seemed to stop at 14-year-old boys – and picture books felt like the right place.
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