Joan Franklin's lifelong passion for the arts, nature, and animals inspired her children's book My Name Is Duffy, Guess What I Am. Her professional background includes working as an interior designer and film editor in New York City and as a watercolor painter in Philadelphia and Ashland, Oregon. She currently lives in the Lake Chapala area of Mexico, where she delights in painting, connecting with friends, and spending time with her adorable terrier, Zuki.
https://www.joanfranklin.com
https://www.ziggytoes.com
The illustrator, Gillian Bradshaw-Smith, lives in Dallas and is represented by the RO2art Gallery in Dallas,Texas.
https://www.ro2art.com/artists/gillian-bradshaw-smith.com.
https://www.artsy.net/viewing-room/ro2-art-gillian-bradshaw-smith
The children's book, My Name is Duffy, Guess What I Am, was designed by
John MacLeod, the former Deputy Design Director of The New York Times.
The producer for this project, Leslie J. Freeman, is also an artist: https://lesliefreeman.smugmug.com/ and has
published case studies in the Harvard Business Review.
