Hannah Batsel

Hannah Batsel as Josephine LaDinde Batsel

Artists Book House Board member Hannah Batsel brings the party to the Harley Clarke Mansion. Her carefree ghouls and mischievous creatures will haunt the windows of the house all month long.

Hannah Batsel

Hannah Batsel is a book artist, writer, and illustrator based in Chicago, IL. Originally from Marietta, GA, Batsel received her BFA in Printmaking and Book Arts from the University of Georgia in 2011 and her MFA in the same from Columbia College Chicago in 2016. Her handmade artist book work can be found in library and museum collections around the country, and her mass-market picture book, A is for Another Rabbit, can be found wherever books are sold. She lives with her friends and partner in a spooky old house filled with books, taxidermy, and hundreds of houseplants.