Elizabeth Carpenter

Elizabeth Carpenter is an award-winning illustrator, maze-maker, board and card game designer, writer, and entrepreneur who founded the company Mazeology. In the early 1990’s, Elizabeth began developing a unique art style that weaves a maze path through original hand-drawn line-art illustrations. Initially created for the amusement of her young son, her illustration-based mazes proved to be very popular and led to the publication of DinoMazes and Mummy Mazes (both Workman), two educational maze books for children that weave history, problem solving, and art into a story intended to make learning fun. Her work has won many awards, including the 2012 IPPY Gold Medal for Children’s Interactive Book of the Year Award for Dino Mazes.

Elizabeth continues to create her illustrations by hand, now drawing them directly into the computer on a Wacom tablet. She gives frequent talks to children to show them how they can also become a maze-maker with tips as to how they can turn their own drawings into mazes! She is a regular contributor to magazines (Highlights), has designed a line of coloring maze greeting cards, and her latest publication, Enchanting Mandala Mazes (Get Creative 6), is a coloring maze book for adults and kids. Prior to her career as a maze-maker, Elizabeth attended Carnegie-Mellon University and the Rhode Island School of Design, working for 27 years as a successful fashion designer (The Limited Stores, Associated Merchandising Corp.), fashion director (Foxmoor Casuals, Brooks Fashions), and trend forecaster (Shop Shots). She lives in the West Village of New York City.