Illustrator Interview: Susan L. Roth on TLA’s “Take a Chance on Art 2010: Disaster Relief Raffle”

Illustrator Interview: Susan L. Roth on TLA’s “Take a Chance on Art 2010: Disaster Relief Raffle”


Interview with Susan L. Roth

by TLA member Jeanette Larson
of Austin, Texas

Take a Chance on Art 2010: Disaster Relief Raffle sponsored by the Texas Library Association. Peek: “Big white mouse and little brown mouse are tending a garden of flowers on the May pages in Susan L.

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Cynsational News & Giveaways

Cynsational News & Giveaways

Cover Stories: Alibi Junior High by Greg Logstead from Melissa Walker at readergirlz. Peek: “My publisher asked for ideas, and unfortunately, all I could come up with was my very vague ‘it should be really cool’ suggestion. Which in retrospect isn’t much help at all.”

Enter to win copies of To Be A Slave by Julius Lester and Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin from Lee Verday at By Pen or By Sword…a blog about books,

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SCBWI Bologna 2010 Agent Interview: Rosemary Stimola

SCBWI Bologna 2010 Agent Interview: Rosemary Stimola

Interview by Jenny Desmond Walters for SCBWI Bologna 2010.

First, Rosemary, thank you for taking the time to answer some questions for our attendees at the 2010 SCBWI Bologna conference.

I should probably admit, up front, that I spent so much time smiling alone in my office while reading about you on the Internet that I began checking to make sure no one was watching me in the process.

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SCBWI Bologna 2010 Author-Illustrator Interview: Frané Lessac

SCBWI Bologna 2010 Author-Illustrator Interview: Frané Lessac

Interview by Jenny Desmond Walters for SCBWI Bologna 2010

As an author/illustrator of over 35 award-winning children’s books that have been published around the globe, what advice do you have for writers who are just starting out?

Write about something that you’re passionate about. It shows in the words and art.

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Craft, Career  & Cheer: Bonnie Christensen

Craft, Career & Cheer: Bonnie Christensen

Learn about Bonnie Christensen.

Note: interior illustrations below are from Bonnie’s Django, World’s Greatest Jazz Guitarist (Neal Porter/Roaring Brook, 2009) and featured here with permission.

What do you love most about the creative life?

In attempting to answer this question, I ran straight into a wall. There are so very many things to love about the creative life,

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