Tashjian, Jake: - Jake Tashjian is the illustrator for the My Life As a...series, including My Life As a Ninja and My Life As a YouTuber.
He is an avid surfer and filmmaker..
Jake grew up in Massachusetts and currently lives in Los Angeles.
In 2016 Jake co-founded Workshop 2.0, a non-profit foundation to train and hire other young artists on the Autism Spectrum.
This later became the inspiration for the main character, Derek, in the My Life As series.
When Jake was in elementary school, he used to draw his vocabulary words on index cards.
Fun fact: Jake is a visual learner.
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He has also illustrated several books for the author P.
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He collaborates on his novels with his mother, author Janet Tashjian.
Jake also created and illustrated the Einstein the Class Hamster series.
Tashjian, Jake: - Jake Tashjian is the illustrator for the My Life As a...series, including My Life As a Ninja and My Life As a YouTuber