Amber Akin

About The Author

Amber Akin is a cartoonist, illustrator, and educator from Massachusetts. Her sequential art debut featured a talking penguin and was self-published in the first grade via library photocopy machine. The rest is history! Among her favorite subjects to draw are all things magical, adorable, and hopeful. When not busy making art or teaching, Amber can be found bookselling, devouring vegan pastries, and spotting the native bird species of the Pioneer Valley.

Books by Amber Akin

Penny and the Yeti
By Jimmy Gaspero
Illustrated by Amber Akin
YETI OR NOT, HERE WE COME! Penny and Yeti are pretty typical best friends: they go to school together, play together, and have fun adventures. The twist? Yeti’s a living breathing myth!
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