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MAYA LIN: ARTIST-ARCHITECT OF LIGHT AND LINES
Maya Lin tells the story of the bold artist-architect who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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About the Author
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Bestselling Maya Lin tells the story of the bold artist-architect who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Starting with her childhood, young readers will learn that Maya loved exploring the forest in her backyard and building tiny towns out of paper and scraps. The daughter of a clay artist and a poet grew up with art and went from her first experiments with light and lines to nationwide success.
About the Author
Jeanne Walker Harvey lives in Sausalito, California, where she watches the boats on the bay from her house on the hill. She is the award-winning author of several picture books, including Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines; My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden’s Childhood Journey; Honey Girl: The Hawaiian Monk Seal; and Astro: The Stellar Sea Lion. Harvey also serves as a docent at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Grady McFerrin is an illustrator, designer, and hand-letterer who lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. His work has been featured in the New York Times and the New Yorker, as well as in children’s and gift books, advertisements, and music posters, and has been recognized by the AIGA, Communication Arts, the Society of Illustrators, Print Magazine, and American Illustration. This is his first full-length picture book.