Lucky Platt

Author-illustrator Lucky Platt creates children's picture books in her lakeside studio in central Maine. Her stories explore themes of resilience, healing, positive self expression and inclusion. Imagine a Wolf (Page Street Kids January 2021) is her debut picture book. Lucky is a two-time recipient of an Individual Artist Project Grant from the Maine Arts Commission (2016, 2020) and has presented art and writing workshops for children and adults through the Maine Crafts Association, Schoodic Arts for All, the Maine Arts Commission and Maine Media Workshops & College. She studied painting, drawing and printmaking at Vassar College, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Complutense City University of Madrid, and has participated in workshops with Maine Women Writers’ Collection, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Farnsworth Art Museum, Society of Visual Storytelling, SCBWI, 12x12 and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts among others.