Julia Rothman is a highly acclaimed contemporary illustrator and author of many best-selling books, including Nature Anatomy , Farm Anatomy , Ocean Anatomy , Food Anatomy , Nature Anatomy Notebook , Wildlife Anatomy , and Insect Anatomy . Her illustrated column, Scratch, ran for five years in the Sunday New York Times. Clients for her illustrations and pattern designs include Target, the Washington Post , MTA Arts & Design, and more. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.