Anna Crichton

Anna Crichton (born 1957) is a New Zealand illustrator, cartoonist and ceramicist. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Time magazine.

Education Crichton studied a Bachelor of Design at Wellington Polytechnic, graduating in 1981, although another source gives 1977 as her date of graduation.

Career She started her career at the Dominion, before working as art director for the Listener, 1981–1984. She then traveled internationally, working variously as an art director or contributor to Sawasdee, Asian Advertising and Marketing, New York Times, Wall St Journal and Time magazine.

Personal life Crichton has two children, Eva and Reuben. She describes herself as "an adventurer, a bargain hunter; as canny, lucky, bold and a risk taker".