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Visit him online TheFanBrothers.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEric Fan is an artist and writer who lives in Toronto, Canada. Born in Hawaii and raised in Toronto, he attended the Ontario College of Art and Design, where he studied illustration, sculpture, and film. He has a passion for vintage bikes, clockwork contraptions, and impossible dreams. Eric is the cocreator of \u003ci\u003eThe Night Gardener\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt Fell from the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLizzy and the Cloud\u003c\/i\u003e. 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