ABOUT

Joy has loved drawing and creating stories ever since she was given chocolate as first prize for a 3rd grade art contest. Dark chocolate is often involved in her creative process to this day. With a BS in Illustration and Animation from San Jose State, Joy has worked in a variety of animation, art and design jobs but her favorite place to create is in children’s publishing. She usually scans her hand drawn illustrations and paints them digitally, or just goes for it and draws and paints in the computer. Joy has illustrated many kid’s magazines, over a dozen board books, and her own author- illustrated picture books THE PECULIAR PIG and THE CUTEST BRAVE LITTLE BUNNY with Nancy Paulsen Books.