I’m so thrilled to welcome author-illustrator Valentina Mendicino to BookEnds Jr. and #TeamMarchini! I just love the humor in her…
I’m thrilled to welcome Faye Aden to Bookends! Her North African-inspired YA fantasy has such detailed, immersive world-building, on top…
Tell us a bit about your drawing process. Where do you draw, and how often? An answer most artists would…
“I have a question for you! Is it okay to make your YA protagonist 14 years old? I’ve been given…
I’m thrilled to welcome a fellow Rachel to BookEnds. Of course, it wasn’t her name that made me offer representation,…
For an illustrator-author, how extensive should an online portfolio be? And are certain kinds of sites preferred over others (i.e.…
Our BookEnds Jr Spotlight for June 2018 is Sara Wolf’s BRING ME THEIR HEARTS. We have been extremely excited about…
Comment: If one who has been a published children’s book illustrator forever-and is working towards Illustrator/author-would you recommend approaching a…
What genres do you write? I write picture books, both fiction and nonfiction, and sometimes I like to mix the…
Reader comment: My main questions are about illustration notes and grammar. I’ve read many conflicting ideas about illustration notes, some…