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K. Wendy Popp
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K. Wendy Popp

K Wendy Popp's pastels and drawings have been used to illustrate publications internationally for over two decades, and her artwork is held in private collections and galleries throughout the United States. Her previous books include Sister Anne's... Read full bio

Author Revealed:
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Find work with good purpose and create with passion.
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Revealing Questions
Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
A. Life: Navigating with pictures between darkness and light
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Find work with good purpose and create with passion.
Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
A. When I find something magnificent that is revealed to me when I wasn't looking for it.
Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
A. Among passionate, creative people on the coast of Patagonia or Madagscar.
Q. Which living person do you most admire?
A. Anyone who has navigated previously unchartered territory
Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
A. Visceral
Q. What do you regret most?
A. I regret that I did not pick up a musical instrument earlier in my life.
Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
A. The ability to make people laugh.
Q. What is your greatest achievement?
A. That I seem to move an audience with a drawing.
Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
A. I see things through a very dark lens.
Q. What’s your best quality?
A. I have been told that I have an ability to disarm people I speak with.
Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
A. Either a large winged Raptor or a Blue Whale
Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
A. I am quite tall.
Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?
A. I would love to meet Sacajawea and I wouldn't say much, I'd let her do all the talking.
Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
A. Cell phones and people who speak on them incessantly.
Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
A. Well, I draw. When I am not drawing, I garden or photograph.
Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
A. Photo journalism
Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
A. Curiosity, honesty, passion and a good work ethic.
Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
A. Fresh fruit of any sort...okay, dark chocolate.
Q. What are your 5 favorite songs?
A. My favorite songs change, today, they would be; Norwegian Wood, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Yo Yo Ma playing Bach's Cello suite #1, anything composed by Ennio Morricone , Such Great Hieghts, by The Postal Service