![]() She has a BA in studio art from the University of California, Santa Cruz, as well as a graduate degree from Juilliard. ![]() “Let’s join them.” Love’s deep empathy for her characters and her keen-eyed observations of urban life come together in a story of love, understanding, and embracing the mermaid within us all. Jessica Love is an illustrator and Broadway actress. ![]() Love lets an anxious beat pass before Abuela takes Julián by the hand, leading him to what some readers may recognize as the Coney Island Mermaid Parade. He strips down to his underpants, paints his lips purple, fashions a fishtail costume from curtains, and creates a headdress from ferns and flowers. The character who won hearts and accoladesincluding the ALAs Stonewall Awardin Jessica Loves debut work, Julián Is a Mermaid, will return in October 2020 in Julián at the Wedding. Other winners include John Sullivan, who won the writer’s award for Kitten and the Night Watchman, and Oge Mora, who won the illustrator award for Thank you, Omu. While Abuela takes a bath, Julián takes matters into his own hands. In fact, Jessica is one of the incredible artist/authors who’ve come to Brooklyn and found special inspiration to create wonderful books, like ‘Julian is a Mermaid. “Julián loves mermaids,” writes debut author-illustrator Love, and her protagonist falls into a reverie: he’s under the sea, and amid a dazzling school of fish, he sprouts a radiant orange fishtail and waist-length curly hair. ![]() Riding home on the subway, Julián is transfixed by three mermaids-voluptuous and self-possessed, with flowing tresses of black, pink, and red, and wearing aqua fishtail costumes (the book is printed on a Kraft-like paper, so the colors seem to literally glow). ![]()
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