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April 26-28, 2024

Word of South

Ross Burach

Ross Burach is an author and illustrator with a degree in fine arts from the University of Massachusetts. Ross has focused on designing characters and backgrounds for animation studios within children’s media. He has always loved combining words and pictures to create humor and has since found the perfect blend for a career in children’s books.

Ross hopes to one day have a pet giraffe. There’s a Giraffe in My Soup is his first book and it’s been followed by The Very Impatient Caterpillar, I Am Not A Chair!, Truck Full of Ducks, and others.