Sally Wern Comport is the Principal and Lead Designer at Art at Large, Inc. in Annapolis, MD. She began her commercial art career at the age of fifteen, drawing Ethan Allen furniture illustrations for her dad's advertising agency. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Columbus College of Art and Design followed by a graduate degree from Syracuse University. Comport co-founded W/C Studio Inc. in 1986 and has continued to own and operate her own illustration and design studio since, expanding this application to large-scale graphics and public art with the conception of Art at Large, Inc. in 2003. Sally defines herself as a visual problem solver above all else, working collaboratively with clients and fabricators to understand the assignment, and immersing herself in research to develop the right aesthetic and application. She continues to foster her prolific body of work as an illustrator in the publishing industry, earning such honors as the Society of Illustrators Gold Medal, the Christopher Award, the Américas Award for Children's & Young Adult Literature, the Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, and Best Children's Book of the Year from Bank Street College, amongst others.