{"id":481,"date":"2021-02-01T04:45:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T04:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ggtaidelbooks.com\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2024-05-06T13:42:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T13:42:08","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ggtaidelbooks.com\/index.php\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"481\" class=\"elementor elementor-481\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2819a12 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2819a12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa0434a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fa0434a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-002d03a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"002d03a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.18.0 - 08-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About The Author<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-616436f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"616436f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 08-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ggtaidelbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/yellow-diamond-shape.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-13\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78103ef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"78103ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a8902c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7a8902c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9dc297 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b9dc297\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About The Author<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cc6a5d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2cc6a5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I am Gloria Taidel, <br>a professional children's book writer and illustrator. <br><br>I draw with children in mind and see the world from their perspective. <br>My writing relates to children's language and my drawings are never short of colour and imagination. <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2730f68 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2730f68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ggtaidelbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_20240423_190139_edit_2029232339610147_resized_20240506_124802927-qnrf211xfxcvjl24apwuevd4mdsh1rs4xhmotj95oo.jpg\" title=\"IMG_20240423_190139_edit_2029232339610147_resized_20240506_124802927\" alt=\"IMG_20240423_190139_edit_2029232339610147_resized_20240506_124802927\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b50be5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b50be5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 08-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Take a look below and check out the tools and stages of some of my paintings and pictures from my books.<\/p><p>Some of my books are colouring books. The world needs some colour and I usually use annual occasions to produce a new colouring book. Check them out in the Youth section!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dda9629 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dda9629\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ggtaidelbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_20240110_184955_edit_62385794441520-scaled-qi4ad15cwedhk0ja9fmwbuvdde0swpr0gbwvch10y0.jpg\" title=\"hdrpl\" alt=\"hdrpl\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4899ab7 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4899ab7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ggtaidelbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_20240110_175309-scaled-qi4adnpbd5bwmeupjd3h0mgnlh82kc3iwx466zadrs.jpg\" title=\"hdrpl\" alt=\"hdrpl\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a2f5c3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8a2f5c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cd2bb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6cd2bb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"866\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/ggtaidelbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Profile-Pic-Avatar.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1507\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ggtaidelbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Profile-Pic-Avatar.jpg 866w, https:\/\/ggtaidelbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Profile-Pic-Avatar-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ggtaidelbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Profile-Pic-Avatar-768x409.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae98b09 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ae98b09\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07a9858 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"07a9858\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-950aba7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"950aba7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ever wondered how long it takes to complete illustrations and bring even the smallest drawings and details to life?\u00a0<\/p><p>Longer than you think. I scetch, draft, copy, colour and edit. My drawings are designed NOT to be perfect. After all not to be perfect makes it more fun.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c60b74a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c60b74a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: var( --e-global-color-astglobalcolor5 ); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">By the way, or in case you were wondering&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p>I do have two children myself. They are my awesome kind-hearted adventurers and life is never dull around them.\u00a0<\/p><p>They are my biggest critics and helpers. Got to listen to children. They know stuff.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66639d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66639d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>\u00a0<\/h1><h1>How\u00a0<\/h1><h1>it&#8217;s made<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-785d3e3 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"785d3e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ggtaidelbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_20240323_122343_resized_20240506_124615127-qnrf464p0cadzly5sn893bwxbz8kkya4k34i682vig.jpg\" title=\"IMG_20240323_122343_resized_20240506_124615127\" alt=\"IMG_20240323_122343_resized_20240506_124615127\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4d8894 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a4d8894\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ggtaidelbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG-20240329-WA0007-2-scaled-qnrfkdugwghg9gea45jklqm689bicznfsc91721e6g.jpeg\" title=\"IMG-20240329-WA0007 2\" alt=\"IMG-20240329-WA0007 2\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d99783 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d99783\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ggtaidelbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_20240329_130330_resized_20240506_124958498-2-qnrfnkis28uflvrpij421xoep9mag2aow3u9qtbd3c.jpg\" title=\"IMG_20240329_130330_resized_20240506_124958498 2\" alt=\"IMG_20240329_130330_resized_20240506_124958498 2\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d440c50 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d440c50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ggtaidelbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/IMG_20240110_185002_edit_62983579345075-scaled-qnrg7s1owqlwjtn4fxatordegcaugodw1mbqiujgag.jpg\" title=\"hdrpl\" alt=\"hdrpl\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c12ee64 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c12ee64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a35b02 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2a35b02\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf4aea4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cf4aea4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94980ae e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94980ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77df7e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77df7e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The idea...<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a82cba9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a82cba9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I work with various techniques, but I usually start with a simple pencil scetch. I rarely adapt my scetches a lot because I believe in the originality of the first thought and feeling.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c6037a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0c6037a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50243fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50243fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The scetch...<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8097c3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8097c3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tracing and scetching are key. My tools are very simple, you might even use some of them at home. Editing normally takes longer than people believe but shorter than it should. 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