Resources for Writers & Illustrators

PROFESSONAL ORGANIZATION

Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)

CLASSES, WORKSHOPS & GROUPS

12×12 Picture Book Challenge

Big Sur Writer’s Workshop

Courage to Create

Highlights Foundation

The Lyrical Language Lab

Making Picture Book Magic

Picture Book Summit

Storyteller Academy

Study Hall with Marcie Colleen

Whale Rock Workshops

HELPFUL BLOGS, WEBSITES & PODCASTS

A Fuse 8 Production

Book Friends Forever podcast

Debbie Ridpath Ohi Resources

Island of Brilliant podcast

Josh Funk’s Guide to Writing Picture Books

Mac Barnett TED talk

Mem Fox 20 Dos and Don’ts

Nerdy Book Club

Picture Book Builders

Picture Book Pagination

Publisher’s Weekly Children’s Bookshelf

The Purple Crayon

Query Shark archive

Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Vivian Kirkfield blog

Words and Pictures

CRAFT & RESOURCE BOOKS

Big Magic, by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Magic Words, by Cheryl B. Klein

The Nuts & Bolts Guide to Writing Picture Books, by Linda Ashman

On Writing, by Stephen King

Picture This, by Molly Bang

Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly, by Gail Carson Levine

Writing Picture Books, by Ann Whitford Paul

Media Kit

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Photo by Misha Cohen

Bios (PDF)