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Drop me a line at cat.willett88@gmail.com for project inquiries.

For book projects, please contact my literary agent Joan Brookbank joan@joanbrookbankprojects.com.

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Cat Willett

is a Brooklyn-based artist. She has written, illustrated, and published two full-length books, as well as two mantra card decks. As author and illustrator of the graphic biography Queen of Wands: The Story of Pamela Colman Smith, the Artist Behind the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck, (Running Press, September 2022), she tells the story of an often overlooked artist from history. Her second book is the forthcoming Women of Tarot, An Illustrated History of Divinators, Card Readers, and Mystics (Running Press, June 2024).

Cat is fascinated by tarot as a facet of art history, and the women behind its evolution. She’s dedicated the last few years to telling these magical stories in her published books.

Cat makes illustrated comics about parenting, motherhood, gender, and animals, and is a regular contributor to the Washington Post. She also loves to work with brands to make retro-inspired artwork that uplifts others through bold, vibrant imagery. Her comics channel personal experiences with pregnancy and postpartum, as well as other topics like travel and animals.

Cat holds her MFA from the Fashion Institute of Technology in Illustration. She received her BFA from the University at Buffalo with a minor in Art History and also studied at the Scuola Lorenzo de’Medici in Florence, Italy.

While not drawing, you can find Cat hanging out with her dog Bowie, her teen stepson, her new baby, and her partner in Brooklyn. They love to thrift, travel the world together, and are on a mission to try every Thai restaurant in NYC.

Select clients + publications:

The New York Times
Running Press Books
The Washington Post
Los Angeles Times
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Spotify
Doc Martens
Adobe
The Museum of Arts + Design
California Magazine
St. Germain
Reef Kitchens
BetterHelp
Daily Harvest
Apple
Bombay Sapphire
NYC Department of Transportation
Madison Square Garden / The NY Knicks
Brooklyn Public Library
Columbia University
Womanly Magazine