Helen Sewell (June 27, 1896 – February 24, 1957) was an American illustrator and writer of children's books.
Her father died before her eighth birthday, and Sewell and her sisters moved to Brooklyn to live with an aunt and uncle.
[1] The first book she illustrated was The Cruise of the Little Dipper and Other Fairy Tales, written by Susanne Langer.
[1][6] For the Limited Edition Club Sewell illustrated the poems of Emily Dickinson, plus Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.
[5] Most of the characters in Sewell's art work were drawn from her imagination, and she rarely used artist models.