Emily Winfield Martin

Emily Winfield Martin is an American artist and author-illustrator of children's books. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

After graduating from art school in 2005, Martin began selling her visual art through the online store Etsy, thereafter achieving notoriety in the New York Times,[1] on CNN,[2] and on The Martha Stewart Show[3] as one of Etsy's original and most enduring success stories. Eventually Martin parlayed these successes into a career in professional book publication.[4]

Martin has written and illustrated three picture books, The Wonderful Things You Will Be, Dream Animals: A Bedtime Journey, which won the Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award in 2013,[5] and Day Dreamers: A Journey of Imagination. Her children's novel, Oddfellow's Orphanage, which she also wrote and illustrated, was described by Publishers Weekly as a "poignant and gently humorous debut […] set in an unusual orphanage."[6] She also produced a popular crafts book, The Black Apple's Paper Doll Primer: Activities and Amusements for the Curious Paper Artist.

Bibliography

Children's fiction

Instructional

Picture books

References

  1. ↑ Rob Walker. "Handmade 2.0". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  2. ↑ Jessica Bruder. "The Etsy wars: Artisans' backlash against craft site - Jul. 14, 2009". Money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  3. ↑ "Black Apple Doll". Martha Stewart. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  4. ↑ "Emily Winfield Martin, The Black Apple - XOXO Festival (2012)". YouTube. 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  5. ↑ "Gelett Burgess Center for Creative Expression". Gelettburgesscenter.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  6. ↑ "Children's Book Review: Oddfellow's Orphanage by Emily Winfield Martin. Random, $14.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-375-86995-2". Publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.

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