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American artist and children's author

DyAnne DiSalvo is an American artist and children's book author. She has published more than 50 children's books, including City Green (HarperCollins, 1994) and Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen (HarperCollins, 1991).

Dyanne disalvo ryan biography of martin

Early life and career

DiSalvo was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.^[1] She attended Fontbonne Hall Academy for Girls in Brooklyn and studied art at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Before illustrating children's books, she worked as an artist for Hallmark Cards. In 1982, she met Jane Feder,^[2] then-Senior Editor at Harper and Row (now HarperCollins). Feder later founded the Jane Feder Agency, which represents children's book illustrators, and she was the agency's first client.

She has given presentations at schools, targeting K-8 students, on the writing process and the life of a working artist.^[3] In the fall of 2010, she presented at the United Nations