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ILLUSTRATOR
Michaelin Otis is a nationally known artist, illustrator, and workshop instructor. She has won numerous awards for her compelling watercolors and acrylics. A Signature member of the Taos National Society of Watercolor and the Louisiana Watercolor Society, Michaelin owned and operated her gallery and teaching studio, Avalon arts, for 18 years. Her work can be seen at Manos Gallery in Tubac, AZ, manosgallery.com, and Michaelin.com. She has illustrated several books, including three in the Farm Country Tales series. |
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ILLUSTRATOR
David H. Jewell was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on November 13, 1974, and grew up in the rural town of Lakeland, located south of historic Stillwater, on the St. Croix River. After graduating from Stillwater High School, David attended the Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Before David passed away on July 15, 2010, he lived in Minneapolis and worked as a Graphic Designer and freelance illustrator and had enjoyed spending time with his family, his friends, and his service dog. David illustrated the three books in Gordon W. Fredrickson's If I Were a Farmer series.
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ILLUSTRATOR
Bradley R. Simon was born in Burnsville, Minnesota, on January 13, 1999. He attends New Prague Middle School and has been on the A honor roll for four straight semesters. He likes art and language classes and has to study hard in math, but he finds time to draw every day at home. He enjoys drawing cartoons. When he isn’t drawing, he likes to read and play video games. He plays baseball, loves to swim, and plans to join art club during the winter months.He lives with his parents, Cyril and Natalie Simon, near New Prague, Minnesota. He has two younger brothers and a lab named Goldy.
What I Saw on the Farm is the first book Bradley has illustrated. |
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PHOTOGRAPHER
Nanncy A. Fredrickson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and raised in the town of New Market, Minnesota, where she grew up close to many relatives in town and on nearby farms. In 1970 she married Gordon, and during his first teaching position they moved to a farm in west central Minnesota, where Nancy became a farmer. She learned to raise baby calves, feed cattle, farrow hogs, drive tractors, do field work, grow a large garden, and bake homemade bread. Now retired from many years of office work as an administrative assistant and billing auditor, Nancy works full-time marketing and selling her husband’s books and assisting with book layout. She is also a quilter and an avid photographer: farming and travel are her main sources of inspiration for both activities. |
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