Rowena Morrill
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Illustration
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Books of her own work have included The Fantastic Art of Rowena, Imagine (in France
France
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), Imagination (in Germany
Germany
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), and The Art of Rowena. She has also been included in many anthologies, such as, Tomorrow and Beyond and Infinite Worlds.
Rowena currently teaches classes at The Kubert School.
Alleged plagiarism of Morrill's work
In 2003, a Flash animation slideshowSlideshow
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titled "Family Art Corner" was released anonymous
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ly, alleging that a woman named Jan McRae had plagiarized the work of many artists, including Morrill, for reproduction in proselytization tracts
Tract (literature)
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printed by the Children of God cult. After the slideshow was released, both McRae and Karen Zerby
Karen Zerby
Karen Elva Zerby is the current leader of the group formerly called the Children of God, a new religious movement. The group is now called The Family International...
, leader of the Children of God, acknowledged that McRae had copied the work of others, and McRae admitted wrongdoing.