In my quest to
become an author-illustrator, I’ve been studying books and taking classes to learn
the craft of writing picture books. The most helpful class I have taken so far is
Susanna Leonard Hill’s online course, Making Picture Book Magic. Susanna’s
class is ideally designed for busy people, is reasonably priced, and best of
all, covers all the basics and many advanced topics anyone would want to know about writing picture books.
In this post, I review her course, interview Susanna, and have the pleasure of having her announce some GREAT news (scroll down to the end of the interview).
In this post, I review her course, interview Susanna, and have the pleasure of having her announce some GREAT news (scroll down to the end of the interview).
Introducing Susanna Leonard Hill
Susanna is the
award-winning author of nearly a dozen picture books, including Punxutawney Phyllis (a Book List
Children’s Pick and Amelia Bloomer Project choice), No Sword Fighting in the House (a Junior Library Guild selection), Can’t Sleep without Sheep (a Children’s
Book of the Month), and Not Yet Rose
(a Gold Mom’s Choice Award winner). Her books have been translated into French,
Dutch, German, and Japanese, and one may be forthcoming in Korean. She lives in
New York’s mid-Hudson Valley with her husband, children, and two rescue dogs.