Michelle Rial

Michelle Rial is a writer and visual artist whose work uses playful charts, hand-drawn illustrations, and humor to make everyday questions and complex feelings easier to explore. Her books combine clear, engaging visuals with thoughtful ideas, appealing to adults, children, and families. Am I Overthinking This? turns familiar dilemmas and modern anxieties into witty graphs and diagrams, while Maybe This Will Help pairs humorous charts with personal stories about chronic pain, grief, and creative uncertainty.

Her visual journal invites readers to put their overthoughts on paper, with lively imagery and blank space for reflection. Rial also created Charts for Babies, an unconventional early-learning picture book that introduces concepts such as colors, opposites, shapes, and feelings through timelines, pie charts, bar graphs, and Venn diagrams. The site presents her books and creative work, provides links to retailers and international editions, and shares information about signed copies, prints, and bookstore events.

Through an accessible, distinctive visual style, Rial makes room for both laughter and honest reflection, reminding readers that not every question has one right answer