Nancy Tillman (born 1954) is an American author and illustrator of children's books.
Tillman's picture books focus on the love parents have for their children with animals. Her books On the Night You Were Born, Wherever You Are, My Love Will Find You, The Crown on Your Head, I'd Know You Anywhere, and You're Here for a Reason were New York Times best-sellers."Children's Picture Books", The New York Times, January 30, 2011."Children’s Best Sellers: Picture Books", The New York Times, January 13, 2008.
On the Night You Were Born was originally self-published,"The Rise of Self-Publishing", Virginia Heffernan, The New York Times, April 30, 2010. then re-issued by the imprint Feiwel & Friends,"Bookshelf", Julie Just, The New York Times, February 11, 2007. which has published Tillman's subsequent books.
Tillman was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1954, and grew up in Columbus, Georgia.
Bibliography On the Night You Were Born, 2005 It’s Time to Sleep, My Love, by Eric Metaxas and illustrated by Nancy Tillman, 2008 Tumford the Terrible, 2008 The Wonder of You, 2008 The Spirit of Christmas, 2009 Wherever You Are My Love Will Find You, 2010 The Crown on Your Head, 2011 Tumford's Rude Noises, 2012 I'd Know You Anywhere, My Love, 2013 The Heaven of Animals, 2014 You're Here for a Reason, 2015 You and Me and the Wishing Tree, 2016 You're All Kinds of Wonderful, 2017 You Are Loved, 2018 I Knew You Could Do It!, 2019 Because You're Mine, 2020
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