Amanda Hall has illustrated over fifty award-winning books for young readers, including
Out of this World (Balzer & Bray),
Little Bear (Wisdom Tales), and
The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau (Eerdmans). The art of
How the Sea Came to Be was shaped by her reading, conversations with scientists, and explorations at London's Natural History Museum and Cambridge's Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences. Amanda works in her garden studio in Cambridge, England. Visit her website at
amandahall- illustration.com.