About Joan and her dog Phoebe

 

Joan decided to become an artist in the fourth grade when one day, after school, her Mom bought her 100 sheets of drawing paper, a box of new crayons and a Nancy Drew Mystery. Joan spent the whole afternoon reading and drawing. That day, she fell in love with words and pictures.

She graduated with a Master's Degree in Fine Art from Boston University and was awarded a Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale University. Now she combines her two passions as an author and illustrator of children's books. Her most recent title is Miles Away From Home, an American Booksellers Association Kids' Pick of the Lists for Spring 2001.

Joan lives with her children in northern California. Her constant studio companion is Phoebe, a yellow Labrador, who helps out as much as she can. Phoebe walks Joan every morning to keep her happy and in excellent shape. Phoebe also loves chasing squirrels, running after cats and swimming in the pool.

While Phoebe naps, Joan writes and illustrates poems, easy reads and picture books. Her publishers include Harcourt Children's Books, Grolier Children's Press, Scott Foresman- Addison Wesley, Macmillan McGraw-Hill and Scholastic. Joan loves teaching Advanced Writing for Children at both Santa Clara University and the Taos Institute of Art. She publishes under Joan Cottle. However, she recently changed her name to Joanie Cavanaugh.

 

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