Nikki McClure is a self-taught cut-paper artist known for her calendar and gift line. She is the author and illustrator of Mama, Is It Summer Yet? ; To Market, To Market ; Apple ; How to Be a Cat ; and the illustrator of All in a Day , written by Cynthia Rylant, and May the Stars Drip Down , written by Jeremy Chatelain. Visit her at nikkimcclure.com. McClure lives in Olympia, Washington.