Sahara Spain

1991

California , United States

She is the fourth generation in a line of visual artists and musicians. Spain published her first book with HarperSanFrancisco when she was only 9 years old, becoming one of America"s youngest published authors to have a monograph. The book contains 61 poems illustrated with her drawings made between the ages of 5 and 8 years old. Spain was featured in a variety of international news media including: The Early Show with Bryant Gumble, The Public Broadcasting Service affiliate KQED"s Spark, To Tell the Truth, and the French station TF1, Drôle de petits champions. She was also featured in The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Oakland Tribune, Time for Kids and the May 28, 2001 issue of the French magazine Ohio Los Angeles!.

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Her mother is the contemporary artist-photographer Elisabeth Sunday and her father, Johnny Spain, is a former Black Panther.

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She is the fourth generation in a line of visual artists and musicians. Spain published her first book with HarperSanFrancisco when she was only 9 years old, becoming one of America"s youngest published authors to have a monograph. The book contains 61 poems illustrated with her drawings made between the ages of 5 and 8 years old.

Spain was featured in a variety of international news media including: The Early Show with Bryant Gumble, The Public Broadcasting Service affiliate KQED"s Spark, To Tell the Truth, and the French station TF1, Drôle de petits champions.

She was also featured in The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Oakland Tribune, Time for Kids and the May 28, 2001 issue of the French magazine Ohio Los Angeles!.

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