Elizabeth Zunon

Elizabeth Zunon was born in Albany, New York, and spent her childhood in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. As a little girl, she loved to draw, paint, make up dances, and play dress-up. As she grew up, she didn’t really change! Elizabeth now lives in Albany with her husband and young son, where she explores a multicultural world through painting, collage, silk-screening, embroidery, and more. Her work is largely influenced by the people, places and things from her childhood in Côte d’Ivoire as the product of two cultures. Elizabeth is the illustrator of twenty-one children’s books, including Through Sand and Salt: A Tale of Discovery Across the Sahara and Grandpa Cacao: a Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family (published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books), both of which she is also the author.