To begin, since our last good news post, we’ve been happy and excited to welcome a bunch of new Cuddlefishers!
Larry Day was born and raised in Gibson City, Illinois, a rural farming community where he flunked high school Art. He received an Associate’s Degree in commercial art, and worked as a staff artist for pinball and video games before becoming a storyboard artist and picture book illustrator. Day is the recipient of 3 Gold medals from the Society Of Illustrators, and the SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Not Afraid Of Dogs.
Larry is repped by Hannah Mann at hmann@writershouse.com
Upcoming book titles include The Twisty-Turny House, Lobstah Gahden, and Murray Christmas.
Visit him at http://egkellerdraws.com/
She grew up in Longmont, Colorado and spent a lot of her childhood outside hiking and camping in the Rocky Mountains. She studied fine art at Scripps College and after graduation traveled solo for a year in various parts of Asia on a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to study and illustrate folk tales. She brought a travel set of watercolors on that trip and she has been painting ever since. Visit her at https://jessicalanan.com!
Represented by Ed Maxwell, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, emaxwell@sjga.com
Grey (Christian to friends) pulls inspiration heavily from the environment around him, and his experiences growing up as a seventh-generation Coloradan have shaped the texture of his work. The mediums he most enjoys using are pencil, ink, and charcoal – though he also paints in gouache and practices screen printing and etching. His work is often finished digitally to add color or simulate older methods of printing.
Grey Hawkins works primarily in children’s book illustration. In addition to having his work displayed in shows as varied as The Society of Illustrators in NY, NY (2016), Helicon Gallery in Denver, CO (2015, 2018, 2019), and at the Denver Art Museum (2011), Grey Hawkins was one of 25 prize winners out of 8,000 entries in the 2016 Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition.
In his spare time Grey Hawkins draws, camps, draws while camping, restores antiques and his old house, and tries to keep his 1968 Ford Falcon – named Flint – running. Grey Hawkins lives with his wife and fellow illustrator, Lily Williams, in their hundred year-old house in an old mining town in the mountains of Colorado.
Visit Christian at https://www.greyhawkins.com/ to learn more!
Congratulations to Lily Williams, Illustrator for Go With the Flow, which was recognized:
In Evanston Public Library’s 101 Great Books for Kids 2020: Comics and Graphic Novels
In New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2020
In Kirkus Reviews: Best of 2020: Our Favorite Middle Grade Books
In The Texas Maverick Graphic Novels Reading List picks of 2020
As semi-finalist for YA Graphic Novel in the 2020 Bookish Jazz Awards!
Also, Congratulations to Lily Williams for winning PureWow’s best book of 2020 for animal lovers for If Elephants Disappeared!
Finally, we should congratulate Lily for the fantastic pre-release press she’s getting from the likes of Kirkus and School Library Journal on her upcoming release, If Bees Disappeared. (Coming in March!)
Congratulations to Stan Yan for having the book he illustrated, Saltwater Sillies by Natasha Wing recommended by Old Firehouse Books in the Westword’s 2020 Local Author Gift Giving Guide.
Also, congratulations to Stan Yan for having There’s a Zombie in the Basement selected by Anna Ashburn’s Weekly Book Recommendation
In addition, Stan Yan‘s comic strip Peter Cadaver debuted in the Sunday Ha Ha online comics newspaper for kids!
Finally, Stan Yan was interviewed by ShoutOut Colorado!
Congratulations to Dow Phumiruk for being signed to illustrate Better Together by Ben Gundersheimer for Penguin/Paulsen.
Also, congratulations to Dow Phumiruk, Illustrator for Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13, for being highlighted in A Mighty Girl!
Finally, we’re excited to celebrate the cover reveal for Hello, Tree by Ana Crespo, Illustrated by Dow Phumiruk (click on the title link to view the video)
Congratulations to Anden Wilder for signing with Stephanie Fretwell-Hill at Red Fox Literary for representation.
Also, Anden Wilder was interviewed by ShoutOut Colorado.
Congratulations to Kaz Windness on the fantastic Kirkus review for her upcoming book release! “This collection leans into the macabre-the number of skewered eyes alone is unfathomable-and the gallows humor could easily make it a cult favorite.” Keep an eye out for this one!
Congratulations to Jessica Lanan, illustrator for The Lost Package by Richard Ho for the great Kirkus review, and which was highlighted by Publisher’s Weekly as a Best Read!
The Cuddlefish Gang: Together We Can Do AnyFIN! 