Throughout the course of her career, she has provided artwork for authors such as Judith Viorst, John McCormack, Joanne Ryder, and Ron Roy, as well as for organizations such as the National Wildlife Federation. Following her successful start, Cherry began to provide more artwork for various publications. She left her next job, doing illustrations for Xerox Education Publications in Connecticut, to become her own boss in 1975, at the age of twenty-three, she began devoting her time to illustration.Ĭherry's first freelance illustration job was for Carolyn Meyer's Coconut: The Tree of Life. In 1973, Cherry moved to Harcourt Brace Jovanovich to work as a book designer. Cherry was hired by Platt & Munk (based in the Bronx), where she worked as a paste-up artist and designer. This move afforded her the opportunity to go into publishing, where there were plenty of available positions. She demonstrated an aptitude for art early in her life, leading her to join the Tyler School of Art at Temple University.Ĭherry graduated from the Tyler School of Art in 1973 and moved to New York. Cherry is the daughter of Herbert, a pharmacist, and Helen Cogan Cherry, an illustrator. Lynne Cherry was born in January 5, 1952, in Philadelphia.
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