1. Carson Friedman Ellis was born on October 5,1975 and is a Canadian-born American children's book illustrator and artist.
17 Facts About Carson Ellis
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Carson Ellis's work is inspired by folk art, art history, and mysticism.
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Carson Ellis has written poetry since she was a teenager, though she didn't study writing in school.
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Carson Ellis began her career as a fine artist in San Francisco and exhibited a solo show of oil paintings at a gallery in San Jose, California.
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Carson Ellis is an illustrator of several children's books, including the New York Times bestseller Wildwood, written by Colin Meloy; The Composer Is Dead, written by Lemony Snicket; and The Mysterious Benedict Society, written by Trenton Lee Stewart.
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Carson Ellis received a 2010 Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators for her art in Dillweed's Revenge, by Florence Parry Heide.
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Carson Ellis collaborated again with Meloy on the second and third novels in the Wildwood Chronicles series, Under Wildwood and Wildwood Imperium.
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Carson Ellis was nominated twice for Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package.
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Carson Ellis has created album artwork for other musicians, such as Laura Veirs, Beat Circus, and Weezer.
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In 2015, Carson Ellis wrote and illustrated her first solo children's book, Home, which explores different types of domiciles around the world, underwater, and in space.
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In 2016, Carson Ellis collaborated with Portland-based wallpaper studio Juju Papers on a wallpaper design titled Barn Owls and Hollyhocks.
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The design was inspired by Carson Ellis' move to a small barn outside of Portland.
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Carson Ellis created the cover and interior illustrations for Meloy's 2017 middle grade book The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid, published by HarperCollins.
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Carson Ellis created illustrations for Susan Cooper's The Shortest Day, published in October 2019.
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Carson Ellis is an editorial illustrator and fine artist, having worked for The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Poetry.
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The Wildwood Chronicles, illustrated by Carson Ellis and written by her husband, musician Colin Meloy, was a bestselling series for middle-grade readers.
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When creating illustrations for the series, Carson Ellis was inspired by Pauline Baynes, illustrator of The Chronicles of Narnia, as well as drawings in The Wind in the Willows.