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Demi

Demi is the award-winning author and illustrator of over 130 bestselling children’s books. Demi has loved drawing and painting since she was a child in New England, and she now takes up her brushes and paints every day. This is because painting, for her, is like breathing. Demi has said that her “magical grandfather” (writer Arthur Stanwood Pier) was her main inspiration in becoming a writer and illustrator of children’s books.Demi’s books have sold over half a million copies and her work has been appreciated by many diverse people across the globe, such as the Dalai Lama and the Pope. She earned her nickname as a young child when her father started calling her “demi” because she was half the size of her sister.