Hi, I’m Nitza Rubin

Sometimes I feel like I was born in the English countryside in the 1800s, but the truth is I couldn’t be more from my place of birth, Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn is cool now, with a state of mind and its own t-shirts. But it’s the grungy, hardworking, elbow rubbing Brooklyn that created such a desire in me for fantasy and magic. Or maybe it’s just my love of stories.

Every person is a story. Every child is a story waiting to be told and the elderly a story worth listening to. It is my desire to bring stories to life, using letters and brushstrokes.

My stories begin with the characters, who they are and what they want. They refuse to go away. Then I am required to place them in a cool setting because like me, they want an adventure.

I am a writer, illustrator, social worker and mom of two boys.