Your illustrator bio of around 80-100 words: Isa Beniston is an artist living and working in Los Angeles, California. she received her BA in Art with a minor in Visual & Performing Arts Education from UCLA’s School of Arts and Architecture in 2014. Isa is a drawing fiend and lifelong bookworm who will pretty much always pull over to check out a thrift store. Ten years ago, she started her retail business, Gentle Thrills, an online store specializing in stationery and accessories that feature her drawings, paintings, and other hair-brained ideas. Thanks to Gentle Thrills, she has a decade of product development experience as well as a unique understanding of what it is about her work that catches peoples’ attention.

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I work across a wide range of formats and audiences, including board books, picture books, early readers, chapter books, middle grade, young adult, and adult titles. My experience also includes black and white interiors, graphic novels, covers, nonfiction projects, as well as other product and merchandise design.