Meridth McKean Gimbel

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Arts
Occupation Freelance Illustrator/Writer
Location Everywhere, USA
Introduction I'm a freelance illustrator and writer. I love anything art related, story infused, and chocolate covered.
Interests Children's books, robots, penguins, sharks, grizzlies, pirates, hobos, gingerbread, film (not mere movies!), animation (cell and computer), music, hiking/camping, my husband, Indian food, hats, the history of the Band-Aide, mice, lice, Dungeons & Dragons, reading, Reading (where I live), the Bass-o-matic, slime and skuzzies, and skeletons.
Favorite Movies Brazil, Warner Bros. 1938 Robin Hood, Delicatessen, Nightmare Before Christmas, The Incredibles, Emperor's New Groove, The Indiana Jones Trilogy, the cannonical Star Wars movies (NOT I, II, or III) and Raising Arizona.
Favorite Music Tom Waits, Elliott Smith, Beirut, Phish, Stevie Wonder, Three Dog Night, CCR, B.B. King, The Shins, Sufjan Stevens, et al.
Favorite Books Red China Blues, The Kite Runner, Walden, Where the Wild Things Are, everything by Roald Dahl, the Tick comics, Maus, art books, Reading Lolita in Tehran, Alice in Wonderland, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and numerous others.

In the dream where you show up to school naked, why do you never go swimming?

Because my high school cemented over the swimming pool to make room for a parking lot. The jerks. (True story)