
Kirsti Call: Did you always know that you wanted to be an author/illustrator?
Ben Clanton: I loved drawing and making cartoons as a kid but it never really struck me that it was something you could actually do as a job. I had much more practical careers in mind like professional basketball, being the next Albert Einstein, and/or becoming President of the United States. It wasn’t until college that I first got it in my mind that I would like to write a children’s book. And it was then awhile after that when I realized I also wanted to make the pictures for them.
KC: Of your published books, which is your favorite and why?
BC: Always the next one! I actually find it kind of painful to look at my completed and

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