Lynn Rowe Reed is a prolific author/illustrator with sixteen illustrated picture books to her credit, nine of which she has also written. All of her books have been published by New York publishers, including Random House, Disney, Farrar Straus Giroux, and Holiday House, Marshall Cavendish and Roaring Brook Press.

Reed’s work, spanning two decades, includes the illustrations for the hugely successful Punctuation Takes A Vacation. Her work from Pedro, His Perro and the Alphabet Sombrero was selected for a Best in Children’s Book Illustration show at the Museum of American Illustration in New York City.

Reed employs a whimsical, contemporary style that is fresh and engaging to people of all ages. The New York Times (May 18, 2004) states that ‘Lynn Rowe Reed’s childlike acrylic paintings perfectly capture the mood of whimsical fantasy.’

Lynn Rowe Reed works primarily in acrylic and gouache. She also incorporates scanned and photographed images into many of her painted images, manipulating them in Photoshop. In addition to her many book titles, she has also illustrated for The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, and many national publications and advertising agencies.