Samira Iravani is a New York native and graphic designer working in the publishing industry for nearly a decade. She is currently an Associate Art Director with the Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. Prior to that she was an Associate Art Director at Clarion Books (an imprint of HarperCollins), and a member of the Penguin Young Readers design group.

She is also co-author of the picture book, Mama Shamsi at the Bazaar (Dial BFYR), inspired by her mother’s childhood in Tehran, Iran.

Why Such Dainties?
These two words were borrowed from the poem "Turtle Soup" in Chapter Ten of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. They were used to claim her first creative space on the internet (sigh, livejournal) and have been part of her online presence ever since.

Work With Me! If you’d like to hire me as a designer, you can contact me regarding availability and rates at samirairavani@gmail.com. If you are an artist and would like to send samples of your work, you can reach me at samira.iravani@macmillan.com.