The Collective Eye is on... WHAT SHOULD THE WORLD KNOW ABOUT YOU? Although I have had my struggles in life, I don't give up. For example, i've a learning disability but I don't let it define me or bring me down. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR BOOKS & ART? I want the world to be a happier place. I am a very creative person & I want people to smile when they see my art & when they read my books. WHO/WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO BEGIN WRITING & CREATING ART? The art, clearly visiting museums when I was younger. Being taken to art museums in my youth has impacted me enormously. As for my writing. I am very much inspired by the classics, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, George Elliot, the Brontë sisters, etc. WHAT ARE 5 OF YOUR FAVORITE ART STYLES? I am obsessed with the art of the 19th century and early 20th century. I love the impressionists, the post impressionists, the pre-raphaelites, the arts & crafts movement & a...