Changing the world one child at a time...

To entertain and engage. To delight and inspire. Children’s author and illustrator Andrea Torrey Balsara pursues these goals in all her books, in each personal appearance, and in every classroom workshop she conducts. Her style is easy-going, her message profound: that we are linked together -- all of us -- through our trials and triumphs, no matter where we come from, or what we have done.

Using humour and a wild-ride of a storyline, the characters in her stories go on adventures of self-discovery; learning about family, life, love, and even death; drawing readers in to laugh and cry at their foibles.

Take a moment to read her biography and browse through the samples of this talented author and illustrator’s work.


" This presentation has given many students the confidence and desire to show their own uniqueness through visual arts and writing."
--Chris Stark, Grade 5 teacher

Painted by Andrea for a benefit in New York raising money and awareness for Powered by Girl, a campaign from Hardy Girls Healthy Women www.hghw.org