
Ruth Sanderson (born 1951) is an American
illustrator
An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicat ...
and writer of children's books.
Biography
Sanderson graduated from the
Paier College of Art in
Connecticut in 1974.
[Stevens (2001), 107.] She is a member of the
Society of Illustrators, the
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and the
Western Massachusetts Illustrator's Guild.;
and she is Co-Director of the low-residency MFA in Children's Book Writing and Illustrating and Certificate in Children's Book Illustration programs at
Hollins University.
Works

Sanderson's earliest works were published in her mid-twenties: ''Grandma's Beach Surprise'' by Ilka List (G. P. Putnam's Sons) in 1975 and four including an edition of ''
The Little Engine That Could'' in 1976.
[ The latter was discussed at the time in terms of how the art reflected "the stereotypes of masculine strength and feminine weakness in vogue when it was written". She illustrated new editions of several young-adult novels in the Nancy Drew and Bobbsey Twins mystery series.][
LC catalog credits Sanderson as a writer primarily for retelling fairy tales, along with some stories from the Bible or about Christmas or about saints. In the catalog her earliest works as a writer are two published in 1990, a retelling of " The Twelve Dancing Princesses" and an original fairy tale, ''The Enchanted Wood'' (Little, Brown, ).][
Sanderson's illustrations have been described as evocative of the past but employing a "21st century approach to texture and brightness."][Shoulders (2008), 2D.]
References
Citations
* Shoulders, Debbie. "'Magic Pillow' values wisdom over riches." ''The Leaf-Chronicle (TN)''. 23 September 2008. P. 2D.
* Stevens, Norman D. ''Tikvah: children's book creators reflect on human rights''. Chronicle Books, 2001. .
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American women illustrators
Living people
1951 births
American children's book illustrators
21st-century American women