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Jana Christy

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born

April 26, 1965 in rochester, NY, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.janachristy.com

genre

Children's Books, Comics & Graphic Novels, Young Adult

influences

tibor gergely, alice and martin provensen, giselle potter, paul o zeli...more

member since

July 2009

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Jana loves the children's book art form. Very early on she fell in love with the work of Golden Book artists, such as Tibor Gergely, Alice and Martin Provensen, JP Miller and Mary Blair. Her early adulthood was spent traveling and working as a nanny, which reintroduced her to the art and ignited her desire to pursue illustration as a career.

After getting her start in independent comix in the 90’s, she worked as a Boston based illustrator. Her artwork appeared in a number of publications, including The Boston Globe, The Boston Phoenix and The Boston Herald. Jana is ecstatic that she now spends the majority of her time creating illustrations for children’s books and magazines. She’s living in the resuscitated old mill town of North Adams, in...more Jana loves the children's book art form. Very early on she fell in love with the work of Golden Book artists, such as Tibor Gergely, Alice and Martin Provensen, JP Miller and Mary Blair. Her early adulthood was spent traveling and working as a nanny, which reintroduced her to the art and ignited her desire to pursue illustration as a career.

After getting her start in independent comix in the 90’s, she worked as a Boston based illustrator. Her artwork appeared in a number of publications, including The Boston Globe, The Boston Phoenix and The Boston Herald. Jana is ecstatic that she now spends the majority of her time creating illustrations for children’s books and magazines. She’s living in the resuscitated old mill town of North Adams, in the Berkshire mountains of Massachusetts with her husband/creative partner, John Seven and their homeschooled freerange rockstar sons, Harry and Hugo. When she’s not working, she spends her time trying to master the accordion, kayaking, ripping all the grass out of her yard, and eating as much cheese as she can get her hands on.

Other than casting permanently adrift in a windpoweredsteampunk houseboat with an endless supply of cake and pencils, and creating about a billion more books, she’s pretty much achieved everything she’s always wanted. She’s psyched.

Her clients include; Penguin, Harper Collins, Simon and Schuster, Harcourt, Marshall Cavendish, Andrews McMeel, Scholastic, Babybug Magazine, Highlights Magazine, Highlights High Five, Reader’s Digest, Carnival Cruise, The Boston Globe among many others.

You can reach jana either through her agent, Shannon Associates, by email or by filling out the form below. She'd love to hear from you!

Published books include:
• Ten Items or Less, by Stephanie Calmenson, published by Simon and Schuster
• Happy, Sad, Silly Mad, by John E Mitchell published by Andrews McMeel
• In Your Dreams, by Leslie Jonath, published by Andrews McMeel
• The Smile That Went Around The World, by Patrice Karst, published by Devorss
• My Last Best Friend, by Julie Bowe, published by Harcourt
• My New Best Friend, by Julie Bowe, published by Harcourt
• My Best Frenemy, by Julie Bowe, published by Penguin
• Celebrate! Your Amazing Achievements! by Joanne Barkan, published by Readers Digest
• Play Fair, Have Fun! by Tisha Hamilton, published by Readers Digest
• We Love The Seaside, by Kate Tym, published by QED
• Four Go Mad in Massachusetts, by John E Mitchell, published by Commonwealth Editions(less)

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Average rating: 3.94 · 118 ratings · 51 reviews · 18 distinct works

	You Are the Best Medicine by Julie Aigner Clark, Jana Christy (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	How to Hug by Maryann Macdonald, Jana Christy (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.46 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	The Ocean Story by John Seven (Goodreads Author), Jana Christy (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings	My rating:
	Penelope Popper: Book Doctor by Tony Buzzeo, Jana Christy (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Happy Sad Silly Mad: My World Makes Me Feel by John E. Mitchell (Goodreads Author), Jana Christy (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	A Rule Is to Break: A Child's Guide to Anarchy by John Seven (Goodreads Author), Jana Christy (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Here's Looking at You: In Your Dreams by Leslie Jonath, Jana Christy (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	The Smile That Went Around the World by Patrice Karst, Jana Christy (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Room for the Baby by Michelle Edwards (Goodreads Author), Jana Christy (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — expected publication 2012	My rating:
	10 Items or Less by Stephanie Calmenson, Jana Christy (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Jana Christy gave to: Side by Side: Five Favorite Picture-Book Teams Go to Work by Leonard S. Marcus read in January, 2010	My rating:
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Jana Christy gave to: Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened By the Moon by Leonard S. Marcus	My rating:
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Jana Christy marked as to-read: Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom by Ursula Nordstrom	My rating:
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Jana Christy gave to: The King in the Window by Adam Gopnik read in January, 2009	My rating:
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