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Jonathan Peale Author

Jonathan Peale has more than 15 years' experience as an educator.He has written many children's books, including poetry, science fiction, and biographies. He currently lives in Minnesota. Villie was born in Athens and studied illustration at Ornerakis School of Applied Art. She has worked as a children’s book illustrator since 2008 and loves creating playful characters and interesting compositions. Her fresh and whimsical style emhasizes color, and she works digitally as well as traditionally. Villie gets considerable inspiration from her cat as well as her life experiences and dreams. Her favorite children's story is “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Her lifetime ambition is to own a horse—but she's happy to settle for cat—for the time being!