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Karen Patkau is the author and illustrator of many books for children. She was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. As a child she loved to draw and read. Although she had no dreams of making picture books, a telling sentence was written on the back of a photo of her at 10 months old, "Here is Karen looking at a book. She enjoys books, especially those that have pictures of animals in them."

Karen graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honors degree. She continued her studies at the University of Alberta and received a Master of Visual Arts degree in Visual Communication.

Karen lives in Toronto, where she works as an illustrator, author, designer, visual artist, and visual arts educator.

Karen Patkau is the author and illustrator of many books for children. She was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. As a child she loved to draw and read. Although she had no dreams of making picture books, a telling sentence was written on the back of a photo of her at 10 months old, "Here is Karen looking at a book. She enjoys books, especially those that have pictures of animals ... More