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Katy Bratun is an illustrator and writer, working from her studio near the ocean in Salem Massachusetts. She has illustrated 30 picture books in a range of traditional media including watercolor, acrylic, colored pencil, and pastel. She recently wrote and illustrated Gingerbread Mouse published by HarperCollins - her favorite accomplishment!
Katy has also created art for licensing, advertising, and museums. Her artwork has appeared in advertisements and on greeting cards, puzzles, posters, museum banners, stickers, kids' craft projects, and game boards. She has created characters for company mascots and she has written and illustrated drawing books.

Katy creates artwork in both a whimsical and realistic styles. Her natural history picture books published by Soundprints were curated by the Smithsonian Institution. Both books received Parents' Choice Award recognition as a part of Soundprint's Backyard Wildlife series.
Katy is currently working on writing new stories, and writing and illustrating a craft book for kids. In her spare time she and her artsy friends make crazy projects, applying paint, clay, or glued items to any surface they can find. Her favorite craft supplies are glitter and googly eyes.
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