Lane smith author illustrator diagram
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Smith, Lane 1959-
Personal
Born August 25, 1959, in Tulsa, OK; son of Lewis (an accountant) and Mildred Annette (a homemaker) Smith; married Molly Leach (a designer), 1996. Education: Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, CA), B.F.A. (illustration), 1983.
Addresses
Home—Washington Depot, CT. E-mail—[email protected].
Career
Illustrator and author. Freelance illustrator, 1983—. Art director for film adaptation of James and the Giant Peach, Disney, 1996; contributed design work to Monsters, Inc., Pixar, 2000. Exhibitions: Works exhibited at Master Eagle Gallery, New York, NY; Brockton Children's Museum, Brockton, MA; Joseloff Gallery, Hartford, CT; Bruce Museum; and in American Institute of Graphic Artists touring show.
Awards, Honors
New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Books of the Year citation, School Library Journal Best Book of the Year citation, Horn Book Honor List inclusion, Booklist Editor's Choice listee, and Silver Buckeye Award, all 1987, all for Halloween ABC; Silver Medal, Society of Illustrators, New York Times Best Books of the Year citation, American Library Association (ALA) Notable Chil- dren's Book citation, Maryland Black-eyed Susan Picture-Book Award, and Parenting Reading Magic Award, all 1989, all for The True St
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Lane Smith and Molly Leach have been working together on books for over 26 years. Their first book together was The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, and if that book proves anything it's that these two are meant to create books together. Lane is an author-illustrator and Molly is a book designer, and today I talk to both of them about their newest book A House That Once Was, written by Julie Fogliano. Their banter is fast-paced, hilarious, and insightful, so try to keep up!
About the book:Deep in the woods
is a house
just a house
that once was
but now isn’t
a home.
Who lived in that house? Who walked down its hallways? Why did they leave it, and where did they go?
Two children set off to find the answers, piecing together clues found, books left behind, forgotten photos, discarded toys, and creating their own vision of those who came before.
Let's talk Lane Smith and Molly Leach!
LTPB: Lane, how did you come to be the illustrator of A House That Once Was? When you received this manuscript, what about it drew you in?
LS: “Drew you in.” Is that an illustrator pun?
Molly and I used to live next door to Books of Wonder in New York City. It was, and still is, a great chi
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Children's Author/Illustrator Biographies
Scieszka, Jon
Sept 8, 1954 -
Author
2009 Ludington Confer Winner
SOURCE CITATION
"Jon Scieszka." Major Authors and Illustrators for Dynasty and Pubescent Adults, Ordinal ed., 8 vols. Strong wind Group, 2002. Reproduced discharge Biography Ingenuity Center. Town Hills, Mich.: Thomson Storm. 2007.
Photo provided coarse Penguin Books for Verdant Readers.
BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
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