By Dina von Lowenkraft
for SCBWI Bologna 2018 and Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s Cynsations
Note: This is the first in a series of interviews focusing on the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
SCBWI Belgium + Luxembourg
2017 Europolitan Con: Agent Penny Holroyde & Author-Illustrator Chris Mould
Note: This is the final installment of our series focusing on the SCBWI Europolitan Conference. Author Catherine Coe interviewed agent Penny Holroyde and her client author-illustrator Chris Mould.
Agent Penny Holroyde started her career in publishing over twenty years ago working in the rights department at Walker Books and selling picture book co-editions across the world.
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Cynsational News
By Cynthia Leitich Smith & Gayleen Rabakukk
New Crop of Young Adult Novels Explores Race and Police Brutality by Alexandra Alter from The New York Times. Peek: “Teachers and librarians across the country have embraced the new body of children’s literature dealing with racial bias and injustice.”
Ibi Zoboi: At the intersection of broke and broken by Alice Cary from Book Page.
2016 SCBWI Bologna Illustrator Interview: Paul O. Zelinsky
By Elisabeth Norton
for SCBWI Bologna 2016
and Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s Cynsations
Paul O. Zelinsky grew up in Wilmette, Illinois; the son of a mathematics professor father and a medical illustrator mother. He drew compulsively from an early age, but did not know until college that this would be his career.
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2016 SCBWI Bologna Illustrator Interview: Laura Stitzel
Laura with her cat, Milk
By Elisabeth Norton
for SCBWI Bologna 2016
and Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s Cynsations
Laura Stitzel is an independent artist in Melbourne, Australia. She has been working as an illustrator, designer and animator in Australia and Canada since 2007.
Working mainly for children’s television,
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2016 SCBWI Bologna Illustrators’ Gallery Winner Interview: Rongyuan (Roya) Ma
By Elisabeth Norton
for SCBWI Bologna 2016
and Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s Cynsations
Providence-based illustrator Rongyuan Ma is originally from China. She is a graduate of the Children’s Book Illustration Certificate Program at Rhode Island School of Design,
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2016 SCBWI Bologna Author-Illustrator Interview: Elizabeth O. Dulemba
By Elisabeth Norton
for SCBWI Bologna 2016
and Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s Cynsations
Elizabeth O. Dulemba is an award-winning children’s author-illustrator with more than two dozen titles to her credit, including her debut historical fiction, A Bird on Water Street (Little Pickle,
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2016 SCBWI Bologna Author-Illustrator Interview: Nicola L. Robinson
By Elisabeth Norton
for SCBWI Bologna 2016
and Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s Cynsations
Nicola L Robinson is an illustrator based in Nottingham U.K. Her children’s illustration work includes cover art, pop-up books, pen and ink illustrations, hand lettering, illustrations for children’s poetry and illustrations for prints and greeting cards.
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2016 SCBWI Bologna Author-Illustrator Interview: Naomi Kojima
By Elisabeth Norton
for SCBWI Bologna 2016
and Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s Cynsations
Naomi Kojima is an author and illustrator of children’s books. Born in Japan, Naomi has divided her life between Japan and the United States. Her first two picture books,
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2016 SCBWI Bologna Art Director-Author Interview: Laurent Linn
By Elisabeth Norton
for SCBWI Bologna 2016
and Cynthia Leitich Smith‘s Cynsations
Laurent Linn, art director for Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, began his career as a puppet designer/builder in Jim Henson’s Muppet Workshop, creating characters for various productions,
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