Aileen Leijten holds an MFA in Experimental Animation from CalArts, 1994. She worked as an Animator and Art Director on projects for Hanna Barbera, Sony Studio’s, Digital Domain, Mattel Media, Walt Disney Imagineering, etc. Her art films, were nominated at a number of film festivals and she won a grant to work on a project for the Starbright Foundation, Steven Spielberg’s non-profit Organization. After illustrating her first picture book in 2004, Leijten and her husband moved to NYC to make a career transition to writing and illustrating Children’s Books. While there, Leijten wrote and Illustrated 2 more picture books, had a daughter and started creating sculpted figurines based on her illustrations. They returned to Los Angeles 8 years later and continued their book work from there. Leijten just completed LINT BOY, a graphic novel for ages 9 to 12, and up.

Books by Aileen Leijten

Lint Boy

by Aileen Leijten - Adventure, Comic Books, Fiction, Graphic Novel