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About the Author
Maggie Mei Lewis was born in China in 1993 and was adopted before her first birthday. She lives on an island near the Chesapeake Bay with her family and many furred and feathered friends. Maggie is a graduate of Montessori International Children's House in Annapolis, Maryland and is currently studying with The Learning Community International, a private school for independent learners in Annapolis. She spends her free time reading, drawing, visiting with friends, and playing the piano and violin.
About the Artist
Is Melody an artist who can also talk to animals – or a lover of fur and paws who also draws like a dream? Her fans can't tell where one gift ends and another begins. All they know is that the combination has led to some pretty interesting life circumstances, from teaching art in a chicken coop to composing watercolors on horseback. And that may also be why Melody's renderings of fairies and forest vistas seem as alive as her portraits of horses and cats. All creatures great or small, real or imaginary, inspire Melody's brush. Having done her time at art school and the gallery scene, with a successful series of commissions along the way, Melody now paints miniature masterpieces in the Berkshire Mountains while tending to a menagerie that includes a horse, a husband, three cats, two kids, and a dog... all of whom have modeled for her at one point or another. Melody's newest work is available throughout the internet as Art Cards, Editions and Originals (ACEO). (written by Melody's "sweet angel of a sister")