Aidana WillowRaven, mother of three, trained in Fine Art, Studio Design and 2D Animation at Norfolk State and Old Dominion universities. In her freshman year, her art placed second in a nation-wide college competition hosted by the Stockley Gardens Fall Arts Festival. First place went to a sixth year grad student.

She started designing book covers and illustrating professionally in 2007, and her first published work was a childrenʼs book, The Adventures of Katie-Bear: Fun Days at School, which won The Authorʼs Loungeʼs Readerʼs Choice Best Childrenʼs Cover Illustration for May 2008.

Her portfolio of covers and illustrations for books has grown since to include more childrenʼs books and book cover designs for novels. It now contains over thirty finished published works.

Living Our Bliss: An Introduction to Sun Food was the most recent cover to win an award from Divine Revolution Magazine's Cover Design Contest in June 2008.

Her company, WillowRaven Illustration & Design Plus, has grown to include not only childrenʼs book covers and illustrations, but also novel dust jackets (such as the one Aidana created for Midnight Hours, a newly released mystery/suspense), literary agent services, and pre-submission manuscript editing services.

Thus far, she has either designed covers, illustrated books, or negotiated contacts with such publishers as Living Waters Publishing, 4RV Publishing, and Steel Waves Publishing just to name a few.

Anyone interested in her work can view samples on her website:

www.WillowRavenIllustration.com.