About

Amanda Farquharson is an illustrator living and working in Toronto, Canada. She works days in the children’s television industry and spends her evenings writing about and drawing kids, insane characters, animals, and herself for her illustrated humour blog, Living In A Green Room.

Amanda graduated from York University in 2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in Visual Arts. While at York, she also learned to love photography, illustration, book-making, printing, and costuming.

Since graduating, Amanda has been employed in a number of challenging and fulfilling roles, including Head of Puppet Production for a Toronto puppet company, Milliner for the Stratford Festival, and Millinery Instructor at George Brown College.

For further information about Amanda, or to contact her for a quote, please see the Contact page.