born. bucolic childhood. culture stuffed adolescence. played piano. stopped. danced. stopped. wrote. discarded writing. drew. reinstated writing. married tibor kalman and collaborated at iconoclastic yet successful design studio. children: two. dog: one.

author/illustrator:
Hey Willy, See The Pyramids, Sayonara Mrs. Kackleman, Max Makes A Million, Ooh La La (Max in Love), Max in Hollywood, Baby, Swami on Rye (Max in India), Chicken Soup, Boots, Next Stop Grand Central, What Pete Ate from A-Z, Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of John J. Harvey, plus, Stay Up Late illustrator, Roarr: Calder's Circus author, plus, un(Fashion) with Tibor Kalman, Colors: 1-13 The Tibor Years edited with Ruth Peltason.

Contributor to The New Yorker - interiors and cover art (most notably NEWYORKISTAN cover in collaboration with Rick Meyerowitz) The New York TImes Magazine, Interview, Travel and Leisure and more

Designed fabrics for Isaac Mizrahi, Kate Spade. Created sets for the ballet Four Saints in Three Acts for Mark Morris Dance Group, NY Designed mannequins for Ralph Pucci, NY Design watches and accessories distributed by MoMA, NYC Temporary murals for Grand Central Station renovation Co-Founder with Alex Melamid: the Rubber Band Society

Board of American Institute of Graphic Artists, NY Teach design - School of Visual Arts N.Y. - MFA Program

Awards (partial) American Institute of Graphic Artists, Art Directors Club, New York TImes Most Notable Children's Books, New York TImes Best Illustrated, Society of Publication Designers, Communication Arts, Society of Illustrators, American Illustrators, Publishers Weekly, Horn Book, Booklist, Child Magazine, Museum of Modern Art Permanent Design Collection, Finalist National Design Awards (Cooper Hewitt)

Current projects Sequel to What Pete Ate SMARTYPANTS Pete in School (pub date fall 2003) One woman show: Julie Saul Gallery Mural for Wave Hill Gardens, Riverdale, NY for spring 2004 continuation of un series - un(Architecture)