Andrea Torrey Balsara always dreamed of being an illustrator, but her first published book was one that she wrote. She published many books for the educational market, including the novels The Present, for young adults, and Parker Shanahan: Survivor Against All Odds for middle-grade readers. Finally, the opportunity arose to illustrate her own book, Greenbeard the Pirate Pig. Now her new novel, The Great and the Small, for young adults which she has written and illustrated, has just been released.

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