Lawson, Nikole

Author and illustrator Nikole Lawson has been drawing since the age of five. A picture she drew of the family's dining room was not only her first work of art, but the first real evidence her parents had of her having sight. Legally blind as a result of Albinism, she draws with limited vision. She attended a well-known art school as a young adult, only to leave after deciding the school was not a good fit for her. Feeling that her lighthearted style was not aligned with the college's focus on technical drawing, Lawson instead went to work for a local government agency, started a family, and se...