Beebe Hargrove

Illustrator

Beebe Hargrove grew up in the middle of a spinach field in King City, California. Surrounded by a lot of pets, gusty winds, some decent books, and parents who let her paint on her bedroom walls, she decided to study Illustration at Cal State Fullerton. Her professional work features a variety of projects and styles. She has designed t-shirts, architectural illustrations, and several seasons of fine and fashion jewelry. She is proud of a series of murals she created collaboratively with her hometown and the non-profit King City In Bloom. Placed throughout the city on local businesses they tell the story of the town's inception and the people who planted its seeds. There is nothing better than standing on a high scaffold, with a view of open farmland, drenched in sunshine, the wind whipping through your hair and doing its best to upend your paint pan. The supportive community and local creatives were a joy to work with. Beebe now resides in Marietta, Georgia, with her family and their cats. She has always loved fantastic stories and working on “Emma Puff's Secrets Series” has been a dream and the greatest privilege. Author Annie Wilde’s sense of big color, mess and fun has been a perfect fit for Beebe’s love of strong lines and splashing paint. She was thrilled when the first children’s book she ever illustrated, “Rusty and Emma's Big Shock!” (Book 1), won the 36th Annual Independent Book Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin Award’s Silver Medal for Fiction: Young Readers (8-12), and the book’s cover was a finalist for the 18th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards for Children's Fiction Cover Design.

Beebe also illustrated the cover of “Waiting for Gabe: A Novel” by Diana Black and drew the map for “The Wolf and the Crow: Smokey River Suspense Series” by Joseph M. Marshall III. Beebe currently lives in Marietta, Georgia, with her family and two precocious cats, surrounded now by extremely tall trees instead of spinach and even larger piles of books. She loves reading, exploring, and supporting the arts. She is grateful for Annie, Lucid House and all you readers who make her current messes possible.