page_title: Maggie Stiefvater
section_title: Art
hierarchical_section_title: Maggie Stiefvater / Life and career / Art
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of the artist as a cartoon character
context_page_description: Margaret Stiefvater is an American writer of Young Adult fiction, known mainly for her series of fantasy novels The Wolves of Mercy Falls and The Raven Cycle. She currently lives in Virginia.
context_section_description: Before turning to writing full-time, Stiefvater was a professional portrait artist, specializing in colored pencil. She currently has her own Etsy page and Society6 page where she sells her original art.
  Stiefvater also created a Tarot card deck, The Raven's Prophecy Tarot Cards in September of 2015. 
  She was asked to create a poster for the American Library Association to promote reading. The poster includes characters from The Raven Cycle and the phrase "The future belongs to those who read."
caption: Self portrait by the author.
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