Riley Van OostenRiley Van Oosten is a young transgender self-taught artist from Melbourne. He has been drawing since he could hold a pencil, and has wanted to pursue illustrating for children's books since he was 7. Riley has a passion for caring for animals and draing them. He loves to use art to convey emotion and thoughts, which makes it a joy to place characters into a variety of situations within a book. He likes to make the illustrations tell a story within themselves. He plans on furthering his freelance art and education for the years to come, and is aiming to publish many books for the future! Read More Read Less