Website: http://www.agoodson.com
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Anna Goodson is the president and founder of Anna Goodson Illustration Agency. She’s been representing the most prominent illustrators-both established and up-and-coming-from around the world since 1996. Anna has spent the last 25 years working with creative and promoting their work. She’s passionate and innovative and is considered a leader and trendsetter in her field. In her free time, Anna is always on the move and can’t seem to keep still. When she’s not busy with her two girls, she’s either hiking up a mountain, out on a run or working out at the gym. It’s when she’s moving that she claims most of her business ideas and creative concepts come to her.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?: Holding my girls tight in my arms and hearing them laugh. Kissing.
Which living person do you most admire?: Gloria Steinem
What is your greatest extravagance?: Staying in luxury hotels
What is your current state of mind?: Trying to live in the moment
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?: Beauty
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?: No seriously, Fuck!
Which talent would you most like to have?: To be able to spell
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?: To be less sensitive and less intense
What do you consider your greatest achievement?: My kids, my companies, my friendships, mentoring young women
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?: Amelia Earhart
Where would you most like to live?: Where I live now
What is your most treasured possession?: My Treehouse
What is your favorite occupation?: Mine
What is your most marked characteristic?: My determination, my sense of humour
What do you most value in your friends?: Honesty, devotion, empathy
Who are your favorite writers?: Jeannette Walls, Radcliffe Hall, Gertrude Stein, Ann-Marie MacDonald, J. D. Salinger
Who is your hero of fiction?: The Paper Bag Princess
Which historical figure do you most identify with?: Eleanor Roosevelt
Who are your heroes in real life?: My friends
What is it that you most dislike?: Superficiality, dishonesty
What is your greatest regret?: Not having traveled enough
What is your motto?: If it feels good, do it