Nathaniel James Dowell

www.nathanieldowell.com

Born in October of 1984, Nathaniel James Dowell has always been an artist. In 2017, he resigned from his full-time desk job to pursue writing and illustration full time (also at a desk), while managing a rambunctious 2 year old (also full time).

In addition to writing, he has a broad range of interests, including photography, music, and ecology. He is native to San Antonio, Texas, where he lives with his wife, Sara, and their two children, Amethyst and Jasper.

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Upon the advent of children in my life, a new age of Children's Literature began. The bedtime story ritual has brought some excellent titles into my life, and also some that I have had to make "disappear". I want to write stories that look and feel and sound like effort went into them. Obviously, I want children to enjoy my books, but I also want to appeal to parents.

My first book, "Skeleton and Ghost," is a book I would have loved as a child, and is the culmination of an abiding love of Halloween, coupled with a spontaneous bedtime story for my five year old, Amethyst. Most books are too cute, or too scary. I tried to find a sweet middle ground, providing a story appropriate for all ages, while rooting it in atmospheric illustration. My daughter has graciously endorsed my efforts.