steve jenkins

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Arts
Occupation author/illustrator
Location boulder, colorado, United States
Introduction i started my professional life as a graphic designer and still do design work with my partner and frequent co-author robin page. i've been writing and illustrating children's books about the natural world since 1994.
Interests reading, natural science, travel, food, skiing, watching basketball with my children, road trips
Favorite Movies this changes too frequently to be a real favorites list, but there are a few classics that come to mind: manhattan (woody allen), blade runner, north by northwest, the philadelphia story, 2001, crouching tiger hidden dragon, anything by miyazaki, all of the bbc david attenborough documentaries, and yeah, citizen kane was pretty good
Favorite Music i think i'll recuse myself - can't do this list without either posing or working too hard not to. in any case, the bands i like are so indie you've never heard of them (just kidding)
Favorite Books fiction authors, in no particular order: cormac mccarthy, neal stephenson, garth nix, doris lessing, john updike, richard ford, john le carre, philip roth, mark helprin, william gibson non-fiction: richard dawkins, carl sagan, john mcphee, natalie angier, brian greene, edward abbey, joan didion

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