Kim Hanzo

"Most authors begin with a written story and seek an illustrator to bring them to life. My experience has been the opposite.

I’ve long believed that life is a story. And, historically, my medium (and passion) for storytelling has been illustration. There’s no greater joy than inspiring thought, evoking feelings, and making personal connections through the power of imagery.

In a quest to fulfill my life’s dream and in an effort to make a difference in this world, I developed a body of illustrated work that ultimately seemed to have more to say than one picture could contain. And so, with the encouragement of family and friends, my journey to expand the visual stories into written ones began."