Faith Capalia

Faith Capalia is an illustrator, author, and teacher based in Portland, OR. She received a BFA in illustration from the Pacific Northwest College of Art with an emphasis in picture book illustration. Faith's debut book "Melvina Whitmoore (More or Less a Horror Story) (HarperCollins, 2023) was praised for its distinctive illustrations and SEL themes. Her work emphasizes color, shape, and texture with influence from midcentury picture books and art history, and is created both digitally and traditionally, using gouache and colored pencil.

She has a passion for scary stories, fantasy, and making jokes. Faith holds a philosophy of supporting children in the exploration of all things weird, creative, and fantastical and uses her work in publishing and teaching to facilitate that exploration.  Faith spends her days teaching preschool art and reading picture books, and spends her evenings relaxing with her cats, Broccoli and Wormy.

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