At Tundra Books, we want you to get to know and love our creators as much as you know and love their books. Our creator spotlight series will introduce you to the people behind some of your favorite titles . . . this week, say hello to Irma Kniivila!
About the Author:
IRMA KNIIVILA is an artist and writer. Most days she’s working on comics or illustrations, sneaking in an animal any chance she gets. She has done illustrations for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Reader’s Digest, Paper Bag Records, Virgin Mobile and others. She also created the books Year of the Dog and The Crosswind Café. Irma lives in San Miguel, Mexico, with her partner, two cats, and a dog.
Fast Five with Irma Kniivila:
If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
More than anything I’d love to live in a new place for a few months every year!
What’s one thing that can instantly make your day better?
A good puppy cuddle, or a nice coffee.
Which meal is your favorite: breakfast, lunch, or dinner?
I could live off lunch foods forever – soups, sandwiches, salads . . . what more is there in life?
What’s the best concert you’ve ever been to?
Maybe an LCD Soundsystem concert where sweat was rising and pouring off the ceiling? I also love the symphony and was very lucky to see the pianist Marc-André Hamelin from the second row some years back. Something about an orchestra tuning can already move me to tears, a big and shared sonic experience.
What do you look for in a friendship?
Some mysterious combo of humility and humor.
Books by Irma Kniivila:
Buns Gone Bad: Fluffle Bunnies #1
Written by Anna Humphrey
Illustrated by Irma Kniivila
176 Pages | Ages 6-9 | Hardcover
ISBN 9781774881262 | Tundra Books
This story starts, as stories often do, with a tragedy. Three bunnies are left without their mother when she goes off to Brazil to learn jiujitsu. The bunnies, Flop, Biggie and Boingie, learn some hard truths about life pretty quick: squirrels will take over your cozy nest as soon as you leave and refuse to give it back, dogs are to be avoided at all costs and raccoons will believe anything you tell them. With quick thinking, ingenuity and maybe a little bit of raccoon manipulation, these three buns will take on all comers to be the rulers of the park. Will they win? Well, this IS an origin story . . .
