. Wednesday Kirwan is a children's illustrator and fine artist. Originally from Duluth, Minnesota, Wednesday received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting and art history in 2002 from the Kansas City Art Institute. Wednesday's illustrations are inspired by the children she's worked with as an elementary school art teacher and as an educator at the Bay Area Discovery Museum in Sausalito, California. Her first children's book, "Nobody Notices Minerva" will be available in bookstores in the Fall of 2007. Wednesday's paintings have appeared in galleries in Minneapolis, San Francisco, Seattle and Los Angeles, and have received a number of awards. Currently, Wednesday lives in San Francisco, California with her boyfriend, fellow artist, Nathan Fariss, and small dog, Nemo. .