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Nicole Michels
Author/Illustrator/Designer
Nicole knew she wanted to be a "creative" at age 5 when she first saw adman Darrin Stephens on reruns of "Bewitched." When young, she drew Snoopy for hours on end, years later she graduated from Tyler School of Art with a degree in Graphic Design.
Nicole's illustrations, hand typography, and design work have appeared in national magazines and she is the co-owner of the design studio, Bird and Banner.
A lifelong lovers of beautiful and quirky picture books, she is currently working on writing and illustrating her own.
She is represented by Rosemary Stimola of Stimola Literary Studio.

Selected Clients
Anthropologie
Urban Outfitters
Terrain
Martha Stewart Weddings
Wall Street Journal
Design*Sponge
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