We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Constance Lombardo! Constance writes to us about cats, dogs, great books, and wizards.
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Constance Lombardo began drawing when she was ten years old, inspired in part by the Illustrators Annuals her dad brought home from the advertising agency where he worked, and in part by the fact that her sister did a drawing and got lots of attention. She received her BFA in Illustration from Syracuse University and has had illustrations in a variety of magazines. She is the proud author/illustrator of the middle grade Mr. Puffball series (HarperCollins.) The books are: Mr. Puffball: Stunt Cat to the Stars, Mr. Puffball: Stunt Cat Across America, and Mr. Puffball: Escape from Castaway Island. Currently, she’s working on her first picture book, Everybody Says Meow (HarperCollins, 2019.) She is represented by Lori Nowicki of Painted Words. She lives in Asheville, NC where she’s sometimes seen swimming near waterfalls and avoiding snakes. Plus she likes cats.
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Photograph of Constance Lombardo © Chris Chromey Photography.
