Award winning author illustrator, JOYCE WAN, designed her first greeting card when she was in first grade for a city wide greeting card design contest The design won first place and was subsequently sold through a major department store chain Twenty years later, after a brief stint as an architect, that design would inspire a line of greeting cards and eventually a design studio called Wanart whose products featuring Joyce s designs are now sold in thousands of boutiques and gift shops worldwide Joyce is inspired by Japanese pop culture, modern architecture, and things that make her happy She currently lives in New Jersey with her husband and daughter.