![]() Two of her books are Skim and This One Summer. Tamaki started teaching at Parsons School of Visual Arts in 2007. ![]() Right after college Tamaki worked at a video game company. She learned a lot about how to draw at ACAD. She was not allowed to use color until her 3rd-4th year. Tamaki went to the Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD). ![]() She thinks it helps other mixed race children feel comfortable. She draws many different people in her pictures. Tamaki was the only mixed race student at her school. Her childhood neighborhood was mostly white people. Her father is Japanese Canadian and mother is Egyptian American. She grew up reading Archie comics and horseback riding, eventually making Zine comics in high school. Tamaki was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and raised in Calgary, Alberta. Drawn & Quarterly and Penguin Books have published her works. She has also been published by The New York Times, The Guardian, Esquire, and National Geographic. Tamaki received the Printz and Caldecott medals and the Governor General Award for Children’s Literature Illustration. Jillian Tamaki is a Canadian American illustrator. ![]()
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