Amal is freelance illustrator, fine artist and instructor published in traditional children’s books, educational children’s books and magazines, with work in international collections and museums. A native of Baltimore, Maryland Amal owes her choice of becoming an artist to the city’s main library. Like a massive imaginary playground it prompted her to seek out texts that, she was certain, would benefit from a little girl’s drawings. She recently completed her MFA in illustration at the Academy of Art University, San Francisco and teaches at the Long Island Art League. Amal is the 2017 recipient of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Martha Weston Grant. She lives in the pleasantly strange village of Port Jefferson with her husband, daughter, and a thousand giant mushrooms.Amalillustration.com