by SCBWI Western Washington
Joanna Volpe New Leaf Literary agency head Joanna Volpe wants YOU––yes, you!––to stop freaking out about the S-word. By which I mean "SYNOPSIS." For Joanna, and most agents, the synopsis is used in-house, that is, as a tool for agents and editors to help them figure out where your plot is headed. It is NOT,... Continue Reading →
Sophie Blackall Sophie Blackall began her keynote address with a slide that introduced herself as "Sophie Blackall, Illustrator, etc." So what's the "et cetera"? She's an Aussie. As a girl, she "drew in the margins as I do now." Her childhood inspirations ranged from The House at Pooh Corner to Milly-Molly-Mandy - a favorite childhood... Continue Reading →
Julie Just of Pippin Properties Breaking News: Pippin Properties has just signed the talented Julie Just, who begins at the esteemed agency in May after finishing up at Janklow & Nesbit yesterday! Here are some bits of wisdom from Julie on story openings, from her singular experience and perspective. She begins with the fact that... Continue Reading →
Featuring: Patti Ann Harris, Julie Just, Kendra Levin, Taylor Norman, Ammi-Joan Paquette, Abigail Samoun, Tamra Tuller, Colleen AF Venable, Joanna Volpe, and Stacy Whitman Q: Name the last thing you've bought or sold: Slush pile treasures, fairy prostitutes, halfway houses for broken robots, Malawian mud balls, a haunted camera, turtle-back islands, and one (ahem) naked... Continue Reading →
Abigail Samoun With a storied resume that took her from Little, Brown to Simon & Schuster, and Random House to Tricycle Press, Abigail Samoun segued into her current role as a literary agent at Red Fox Literary, a boutique agency she started with Karen Grencik. With what could only be called beginner's luck, Abigail acquired... Continue Reading →
Stacy Whitman Stacy Whitman wears many hats. She's an editor, a marketing specialist, a blogger, a publisher, and at Tu Books, the imprint of Lee & Low that she oversees, she's gone from Editorial Director to Publisher. With a background at Wizards of the Coast, Houghton Mifflin, and other publishing stops, Stacy is a true... Continue Reading →
If you: Happen to be in Redmond for the Annual Conference, or just Happen to be in search of writing or illustrating folks to network with, or just Happen to be ready to discuss the finer points of past conference experiences, or just Happen to be, well, THIRSTY, THEN.... Come to KID LIT DRINK NIGHT ... Continue Reading →
Colleen AF Venable As someone who seems to have fully recovered from being voted class "dork," Colleen AF Venable's double major in studio art and English led her to success as a graphic novelist writing about a hamster named Hamisher. Her Guinea Pig: Pet Shop Private Eye series is now up to its fifth release,... Continue Reading →
Taylor Norman To get to know Taylor Norman is to understand to know her almost obsessive passion: books. Specifically, books for kids. As the editorial assistant in the Children's division at Chronicle Books, Taylor comes to life on the Chronicle Books Blog, which gives fellow devotees a dose of what's going on in the kidlit... Continue Reading →
Patti Ann Harris Patti Ann Harris knows a thing or two about a thing or two. If that thing (or two) happens to be related to children's book illustration, art, or design, she's your woman. As the Senior Art Director at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, she oversees the design of the picture book... Continue Reading →
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