Susan Mallory Sherman has been designing children’s books since 1977. She has been Art/Creative Director of children’s books at Houghton Mifflin; Little, Brown; and Charlesbridge Publishing and has run her own book design business, Ars Agassiz. She taught children’s book design at the Radcliffe Publishing Program, has given workshops at the Maine College of Art, and has been a regular speaker at Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators conferences worldwide. She has also been a regular visitor to the RISD Illustration department, working closely with the Picture and Word class. 
 
Susan is fortunate to have worked with some of the most well-known illustrators and authors in the field, including many RISD graduates. She is presently a painter and shows in Massachusetts and New York. Susan received a BFA in ceramics from RISD in 1974 and an MLA in archeology from Harvard University in 2002.