Tiny-perhaps." Rovender kept his eyes fixed on the rings. "Insignificant-never, Eva Nine. No living thing is insignificant.

I loved stories as a kid, both being read to me and enjoying on my own. All these stories inspired my imagination, and that's what I have always aimed at doing for my readers: ignite their imaginations.

Illustrations can be a big window: a looking glass into the author's imagination.

If you want the beautiful moments to shine, you have to contrast that with dark and gruesome moments. That's the way life is.

I would love having Winnie-the-Pooh stay here at the house. We could talk of food and what we were eating next. Maybe ponder that over a little morsel... and then take a little nap and dream of desserts.

The exciting thing about doing art for someone else's story is how I can translate their world through pictures, and that's always a pretty big challenge.