Last year my debut children’s book acquired a two-book deal with Penguin, and I’m looking for the Pacific Islander illustrator/artist who can bring the story to life with me, with the mana it deserves. Thread on why working with a PI illustrator is vital to me:

List of 23' Twtr Pit Contests so far JAN 25th #IWSGPit 26th #KidLitPit FEB 14th #EWPP 16th #PBpitch #SFFpit MAR #Revpit APR 6th #Moodpitch 8th #PitLight #WMPitch MAY #APIpit #SWANApit #Flippit JUN 12th #smoochpit #PitchDIS AUG #DVPit #DVArt SEP #Latinxpitch OCT #PitDark

#YA #CO #HI #IWSGPit LADY BIRD x ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE An insecure HS senior struggles for independence from her overbearing immigrant mother, as flashbacks to her mother’s tumultuous adolescence in 1980 intertwines with the present.

#KidLitPit #YA #KidLitPit LADY BIRD x ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE An insecure HS senior struggles for independence from her overbearing immigrant mother, as flashbacks to her mother’s tumultuous adolescence in 1980 intertwines with the present.

Congratulations to YALL Finalist Marie Cheng (Marie Cheng)!