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Suzanne McGinness

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Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University - MA Children's Book Illustration
Notre Dame College - Ohio Teacher Licensure, Art Education
Cleveland Institute of Art - BFA

Suzanne McGinness completed her BFA in Illustration at the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2007. She receiveda Master of Arts in Children’s Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University, England in 2009.

Suzanne is the author and illustrator of the children’s book My Bear Griz, a White Raven Winner of 2012. Suzanne currently works as a children’s book illustrator, freelance artist and as faculty member for the Illustration Department at The Cleveland Institute of Art.

Suzanne creates art in a variety of media including drawing and painting materials, collage, photography, letterpress and sculpture. 

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