I’d like to start by saying I’ve always been a better drawer than a writer. I’m also a better listener than a talker. So. Lucky you! I am here in this place once occupied by my heroes, artists whose work defined the visual vocabulary of my childhood with, as Marcia...

On the highest floor of an old factory at the edge of Brooklyn, overlooking the water, is a skylit artists’ studio. This profile is drawn from interviews with the seven children’s book creators who, over the years, have shared that studio with Sophie Blackall.“Drawn in Brooklyn,” 2010 Photo: Matt Carr.Sergio...