Mary Grand pre
JK Rowling has said in several interviews that some of her favorite covers are the American covers by artist Mary Grand Pre. Who is Mary Grand Pre? Well, it hasn't been easy finding information on this wonderful artist.
Here are some tidbits on the artist...
Mary Grand Pre lives in Minnesota where she was born in the mid fifties.
She worked for Hallmark Greeting Cards in the 1970's.
She has illustrated many children's books, including: the Harry Potter books, Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat, The Thread of Life: Twelve Old Italian Tales, The Vegetables Go to Bed and more! See below for some of her great book illustrations!
Mary worked on the film ANTZ for Dreamworks and "Ice Age" for Disney!
Mary Grand Pre was named on Entertainment Weekly's "It" List for the year 2000! Grand Pre was named the "It Imagineer".