An author and illustrator that really inspires me is Beatrix Potter. I remember reading stories written by her when I was a child. Her characters are memorable and her illustrations are really facinating. She was a master and it is amaizing that even after all this time (she wrote those stories a while ago) her stories are still very popular and many people are familiar with her characters. If I become an author illustrator I will stive to make my work as memorable as Beatrix Potter's.