Amy Ignatow (born September 15, 1977) is an American author, illustrator, and cartoonist.
Ignatow was born and raised in Huntington, New York, on Long Island.
[1] She attended SUNY Oneonta and later transferred to study illustration at Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, graduating magna cum laude in 2002.
[7] The sequels were similarly well-reviewed,[8] and became a seven-book series about middle schoolers Julie and Lydia.
[9] According to her author biography, Ignatow has worked as a teacher, a farmer, a florist, a short-order vegan cook, a ghostwriter for Internet personal ads, a telefundraiser, a wedding singer, and an air-brush face and body painter.