Prairie Home: The True Story

Chris Monroe is an author, illustrator, and cartoonist. She is the creator of the long-running weekly comic strip "Violet Days," which can be seen in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Duluth News Tribune, and monthly in the Funny Times.  She has a collection of her comic strips,"Ultra Violet, Ten Years Of Violet Days," available through Amazon.

Ms. Monroe is also the author of the award winning children's book Monkey With A Tool Belt series of books. 

A graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, her illustration work has graced the covers of magazines, CDs, catalogs, and t-shirts. She has shown her art work in galleries and museums internationally.