 Ryan Sanchez is an artist, illustrator, and author. He was raised as a latch key
kid in the suburbs of LA LA Land, California. To keep himself entertained as a
child, he drew on sidewalks, streets, walls, shoes, clothing, textbooks, and
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A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Linas studied art history at Harvard University, with additional studies in illustration at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.
Linas also spent several years editing illustrated books at Harry N. Abrams, Inc., where he had the opportunity to work with such picture-book luminaries as Laurent de Brunhoff and Maurice Sendak.
Linas has been writing and illustrating books full-time since 2005 in Stockholm, Sweden, where he currently lives. For more information on Linas and his books, please visit his website (www.linasalsenas.com).
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Linas's books:
Picture books:
HELLO MY NAME IS BOB (Scholastic Press, 2009)
PEANUT (Scholastic Press, 2007)
MRS. CLAUS TAKES A VACATION (Scholastic Press, 2006)
Young Adult:
GAY AMERICA: STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY (Amulet Books, 2008)
Currently, Linas is working on a picture book for Abrams, THE PRINCESS OF 8TH STREET, projected to be published in early 2011.
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