picture books
graphic novels
About
A graduate of the Maryland Institute, College of Art, Rachel Cox McKenna lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two sons. She enjoys hiking, drawing, eating cheese, and watching scary movies. Her favorite song is “Young Americans” by David Bowie and her favorite ice cream flavor is rocky road with real marshmallows and not marshmallow swirl. Her second toe is longer than her big toe, which she once read was a sign of intelligence.Rachel won the top prize at the Society of Illustrators Student Competition in 2002 for a caricature of Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie. She illustrated the covers for Eric Hutchinson’s albums Sounds Like This and Sounds Like This Live. She is a member of the Authors Guild.A lifelong book lover, Rachel especially likes midcentury science fiction, short stories, Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot mysteries, and Anne Rice’s Lives of the Mayfair Witches series. After twenty years spent working in web development and graphic design, she has recently turned her hand to writing and illustrating a broad range of books for children–from board books to middle grade graphic novels.
Contact
Rachel is represented by Agent Erzsi Deàk at Hen&Ink Literary.You may email Erzsi here.
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