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High quality children's books that engage, delight and entertain!

Authors and Artists

Working with Pleasant St. Press


Shennen Bersani, Illustrator - My Sister, Alicia May

 

Shennen’s love of art began at the age of four when her grandmother taught her how to draw juicy red apples.   She attended The Art Institute of Boston and later began working as a freelance illustrator.   Some of her past assignments include illustrating for Johnson & Johnson, judging art exhibits and participating as a sidewalk artist for The Discovery Channel’s Walking with Dinosaurs campaign.   Her teaching credits include Drawing from Dramatic Perspectives at the Norman Rockwell Museum, advanced photography and colored pencil classes and workshops.   Today, she enjoys traveling the country speaking to children about her career as an artist and illustrator.   Shennen has illustrated over a half dozen picture books and is the mother of four fabulous children.   She lives outside of Boston with her dog, cat and an aquarium of fish.  You may visit Shennen online at http://www.shennenbersani.com.


Daryl Enos
, Illustrator - Farmer Brown and His Little Red Truck

 

Daryl has been drawing since he can remember.  After studying art at Boston Technical High School; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and Mass College of Art, Daryl joined the Navy.  He spent 15 years as an air traffic controller, all the while continuing to hone his art skills.  Eventually, he won an award for a comic strip he created for a base newspaper and changed his rate to illustrator draftsman.  Since then, Daryl has authored two children's books and designed numerous stickers for the Smilemakers Sticker Company.  He lives with his wife and two daughters in southeastern Massachusetts.  You can learn more about Daryl at www.car2ns.com.

 

  Lee Gullens, Illustrator - Off I Go! and Your Tummy's Talking

 

Art has been a serious hobby for Lee since her childhood.  But after graduating college with a bachelor of science degree, she followed her academic path into corporate America.  These days, the self-proclaimed "corporate refugee" follows her heart and has made a business out of her lifelong passion for art.  Today she spends much of her time illustrating, painting murals and teaching children's art classes near her home.  Lee lives near Boston with her husband, two daughters, two cats, one golden retriever and a fish named Blackie.  You can visit Lee on-line at www.abuddingartist.com.

 

Boots Hensel, Author - The Zoopendous Surprise

Writing was part of Boots' life since her earliest recollection, as evidenced by her winning her first writing contest in her Brownie Troop when she was 8.  After that, she continued her early writing career through college, but evenutally graduated with a degree in nursing.  After retiring from nursing, she started her own business in creative faux painting and murals.  It wasn't until her youngest daughter died from cancer a few years ago that she felt the need to write a story about her daughter's "girls," the real Mary and Ellen.  Her daughter was the inspiration for her first children's picture book, The Zoopendous Surprise .  This endeavor has rekindled Boots' love of writing and brought her full circle.  She lives in Florida with her husband and her own zoo; two dogs, two cats and a crazy cockatiel.  She feels blessed to have her oldest daughter, son-in-law, and three grandchildren living close by.  Visit and learn more about Boots at http://www.bootshensel.com.  


Anne Jewett, Illustrator - The Warmest Place of All

Creativity was Anne's closest childhood companion.  As an adult, she enjoys illustrating for children because it brings together everything she loves: art, storytelling and making memories.  Continuous exploration of her craft lends a fresh, dynamic appreal to her work.  She is also a picture book writer, and an active member of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators.  Anne studied illustration at the Columbus College of Art & Design.  She lives in Central Florida with her husband, two children, and a studio cat named Mel.  Meet Mel and see more of Anne's work at www.annejewett.com .

 

Nancy Tupper Ling, Author - My Sister, Alicia May

 

Nancy is a winner of the prestigious Writer's Digest Grand Prize and the Pat Parnell Poetry Award.  She draws her inspiration from the multicultural background of her family and the interwoven fabric of familial culture.  Her work has been published in Baby Blessings (Harmony Books, 2002).  She is the author of Laughter in My Tent: A Woman's Search for Family and is the founder of Fine Line Poets , an organization through which many workshops and readings are held.  She resides in Walpole, Massachusetts with her husband, Vincent, and their two daughters.  Read more about Nancy at http://www.finelinepoets.com .

 

Jennifer E. Morris, Illustrator - If A Monkey Jumps Onto Your School Bus and On A Dark, Dark Night

 

Jennifer is an award-winning designer and illustrator.  She has held many jobs over the years including grocery store clerk, cook's assistant, and computer programmer, but getting paid to draw monkeys and elephants is by far the coolest job she's ever had.  She has a graduate degree in computer science and spent seven years working as a Unix programmer, so it only seems fitting that the computer is her artistic medium of choice.  Her fun, colorful illustrations can be seen everywhere from children's publications to Mylar birthday baloons.  Jennifer lives in the hills of central Massachusetts with her husband, two children, one cat, two goldfish, and a sizeable school of Sea Monkeys.  You can read more about Jennifer at www.jemorris.com.

 

Philomena O'Neill, Illustrator - Little Shrew Caboose

 

Philomena O'Neill has been illustrating educational material, books, magazines and trade books for children for 17 years.  She is often hired for her ability to portray children of all ages and races and animals of all kinds with character and gentle humor.  She loves walking, going to the beach, gardening, reading and her illustration work.  Philomena was born in Ireland but grew up in West Africa and Canada.  Currently, she lives in Seattle, WA, is married and has four grown children.  Philomena took classes at the Ontario College of Art and has been drawing and painting all her life.  Visit and learn more about Philomena at www.philomenaoneill.com.

 

Gary Philips, Illustrator - New Old Shoes

 

Gary Philips has been a freelance illustrator for 24 years.  His early years were spent in the Midwest, before his family moved from Martinsville, IN to Lansdale, PA.  After graduating from Kutztown University with a BFA in Communication Design he worked briefly as an art director before branching out on his own.  He continues honing is artistic skills by studying classical figure drawing, as well as working with plein air landscape painting; selling them to private and corporate collectors throughout the country.  Gary illustrates for numerous clients in advertising, editorial and children's illustration markets.  He received the award for "Verse Page Illustrator of the Year" from Highlights magazine in 2003, and several other awards from Highlights over the years.  Gary has many books to his credit, most notably "86 Years, The Legend of the Boston Red Sox" which was voted best cover by attendees at the 2006 New England Book Show.  His alma mater invited him back as an adjunct professor where he taught classes in illustration and creative thinking.  He loves hiking, being out in nature and drawing wherever he goes.  Gary lives in Green Lane, PA with his wife, two daughters, and two Siamese cats.  You can read more about Gary at www.garyphillipsstudio.com

 

Licia Rando, Author - The Warmest Place of All

 

As a former elementary school teacher with a master of education degree, Licia has always enjoyed teaching, reading to, and especially laughing with children.  As such, it only seems fitting that she eventually directed her efforts toward writing for children with the hope of touching as many young lives as possible.  In addition to writing, Licia volunteers her time in a homeless shelter and a domestic abuse shelter where she loves to play with, teach, and read to the children.  She is on the Executive Committee of the Spiritual Alliance to Stop Intimate Violence (SAIV), an organization whose council members include such notable figures as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Jane Goodall, and Raffi.  Currently, Licia lives on a quiet street outside of Boston, Massachusetts with her husband, three daughters, and her dog, Charlotte.  You can learn more about Licia at http://www.liciarando.com.

 

Tina Stolberg, Author – Little Shrew Caboose

 

Tina has lived and worked in many places, but her love of writing follows her wherever she goes.   After graduating with a degree in advertising from the University of Florida , Tina worked as a booking agent for Wilhelmina Models in New York City  and later moved to California where she worked as a copywriter.  Her favorite job by far is motherhood, and it’s what inspired her to write for children.  Her first book Moving Day Surprise (Bebop Books) was an emergent reader; Little Shrew Caboose is her first picture book.  Tina lives in San Rafael , California and, along with her writing, works as a library specialist for a middle school and as an extra-hire for county libraries.  In her free time, she loves to travel to tropical beaches, go canoeing, ice-skate and watch movies.  To learn more about Tina, please visit her at http://www.tinastolberg.com .

 

Debra Wainwright, Author & Illustrator – That Kind of Dog

 

Accompanied by three terriers (one in angel form) and a cast of chatty picture book characters, Deb writes, illustrates and dreams in Little House Studios.   With an MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College  and a BFA in Illustration from Mass College of Art, Deb has been illustrating professionally for 20 years.   Her clients have included Rigby Publishing, Rosen Publishing, McGraw Hill, Rutgers University Press and Simon & Schuster, just to name a few.   She has won numerous awards for her silverpoint art, taught classes in drawing and greeting card design and facilitated life-drawing workshops.   Free time finds her at a potter’s co-op throwing clay vessels on a wheel as well as sculpting.   Little House Studios is nestled near Deb’s home in Massachusetts , which she shares with her husband, daughter, dogs and a Blue-crowned Conure with a passion for pizzellas .  Read more about Debra at http://www.littlehousestudios.com.


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