Here’s the 2024 year-end wrap-up. I’ve never traveled so much in my whole life! What a year! What you don’t see in these year-end accomplishment lists is the decades of rejection, sacrifice, and work that went into getting here. Also, the struggles, frustrations, rejections, and hustle that go into maintaining a successful creative career. I am truly living my dream and am beyond grateful.

Special thanks for the continued help and support I enjoy from my publishers (SimonKIDS, Penguin Kids, Page Street Publishing Co.) my agents (Timothy Andrew Travaglini, Sarah DeVore), my writing and illustrating partners (Andrew Hacket, Heather Brockman Lee) my teaching colleagues at Cuddlefish Academy, my critique group, fellow authors and illustrators, and all the teachers, librarians, and especially the kids who read, love, and share my books. There’s a lot more coming in 2025! Stay tuned and thank YOU!!! #KidLit #childrensbookauthor #childrensbookillustrator