Vesper Stamper
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Born in Germany and raised in New York City, Vesper Stamper has been an illustrator for over 20 years and now also writes and illustrates novels of historical fiction, including her upcoming novel, A Cloud of Outrageous Blue (Knopf, 20). Her debut illustrated YA novel, What the Night Sings (Knopf, 18)about the post-Holocaust period, was a National Book Award Nominee, a National Jewish Book Award Finalist, a Morris Award FinalistGolden Kite Honor Book and Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner, and was named a Best YA Book of 2018/9 by YALSA, the Wall Street Journal and Kirkus. Vesper has a BFA in Illustration from Parsons and an MFA in Illustration as Visual Essay from School of Visual Arts. She lives with her husband, filmmaker Ben Stamper, and her two teenagers, in the Northeast. 

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