{"id":20,"date":"2026-02-25T11:47:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mirapetkova.com\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-03-12T09:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:28:30","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mirapetkova.com\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"about &amp; contact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"871\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mirapetkova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mira3-871x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mirapetkova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mira3-871x1024.jpg 871w, https:\/\/mirapetkova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mira3-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/mirapetkova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mira3-768x903.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mirapetkova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mira3-1306x1536.jpg 1306w, https:\/\/mirapetkova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mira3-1741x2048.jpg 1741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Mira Petkova is a freelance illustrator creating editorial and narrative illustrations for books and publications. She grew up creating her own small worlds \u2013 sewing rag dolls and building cardboard houses. She later graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia, where she studied scenography. Her background in set design inspires her love of immersive world-building and emotionally nuanced visual storytelling. She has worked on published books as both illustrator and cover designer and is the creator of the webcomic <em>Aware Animals<\/em>, which has built an engaged online following. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Her work explores how we learn to understand ourselves and one another, supporting children and their parents in growing with empathy, curiosity, and a deeper sense of belonging.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">For collaborations or commissions, please reach out via email at<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">hello@mirapetkova.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mira Petkova is a freelance illustrator creating editorial and narrative illustrations for books and publications. She grew up creating her own small worlds \u2013 sewing rag dolls and building cardboard houses. She later graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia, where she studied scenography. Her background in set design inspires her love of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirapetkova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirapetkova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirapetkova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirapetkova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mirapetkova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/mirapetkova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":300,"href":"https:\/\/mirapetkova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mirapetkova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}