About the Artist
Photo by Judith Gonyeau
Chesley Award-winning illustrator Ruth Sanderson’s most recent books are coloring book for grown-ups—Fantastic Cats, Santa’s Christmas, The World of Fairies, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Cinderella, and Goldilocks.
She loved two things the most when she was growing up—fairy tales and horses. She used to play in an abandoned theme park near a friend’s house—their imaginations went wild there. She loved a little stone cottage which was supposed to be the house of the Seven Dwarves. And over the past 40 years she has been drawing and painting fairy tales and horses both for the more than 80 books she has illustrated. Many of her fairy tales are now back in print, including The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Cinderella, and The Snow Princess. She also illustrates the Horse Diaries series from Random House. Her daughter Whitney Sanderson is one of the authors in the series, with three books and a fourth one in the works.
She also loves cats. A Castle Full Of Cats is a humorous story in rhyme. Golden Dreams: The Art of Ruth Sanderson is an art book spanning her 40-year career as an illustrator.
Visit www.ruthsanderson.com for the latest about her upcoming books, including news on more upcoming coloring book releases. Find her on Facebook at Ruth Sanderson ART.
“This Body Made” by Ruth Sanderson, © 2018
