​About the Artist

Jessica Boehman is an illustrator and a Professor of Art History and Fine Arts living in NYC.  Jessica works  in highly-detailed, rich, timeless black and white, or in lush full color, mixing magic and whimsy with reality. 
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Jessica grew up as part of a large military family.  She's lived in several states throughout the country, and abroad in Germany and Italy, the two countries of her cultural origin.  Jessica graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts, with honors in Art and Art History and a concentration in illustration, from McDaniel College ('99).  She also holds two graduate degrees in art history: an M.A. (Penn State '02) and Ph.D. (UPenn '09).  She was a Fulbright scholar in Rome (Art History) in 2006-2007. Jessica has illustrated book covers, private commissions, commercial logos, and fabric designs for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week.  
Her work has been featured in the Huffington Post, the Arts Business Institute,  www.artsyshark.com, the SCBWI magazine, and 7 Impossible Things Before Breakfast.  


​​Her first book, The Lions at Night, based on her short 2016 comic,  was published in March 2019 by The RoadRunner Press, and was the IPPY 2020 Gold Medalist for Picture Books (under age 7) and a finalist for the ForeWard Independent Book Awards (picture book category).  
 Member of the Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators since 2012. ​ Follow me on Instagram and Facebook at Hans-My-Hedgehog Illustrations.