"I think the trick of writing a good picture book manuscript is to leave that space for illustration. An illustrated novel can do the same thing."

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The fellow who wrote the post about sharing a bear suit with a girl at a party saw my illustration and emailed me, which was kind of thrilling. He sent a photo taken on the night, and that was a dream-like experience... but even though I've seen the "real" bear suit, my image of it feels real to me, and his photo the interpretation.

— Sophie Blackall