Saturday, September 10, 2011

Big News!

Hello everyone,

I've been hinting at some big news lately, so here it finally is! Today I signed the contract to illustrate a children's book for Prospect Park Books! It is a small publisher in Pasadena, CA, who is doing their first children's book and I have been given the opportunity to work on it with them.

My Fiance's grandma told me that she heard about a publisher in Pasadena who was going to do a children's book and was looking for an illustrator. She had heard it through a friend of her's. So I looked up the publisher online and contacted them. They said they were surprised to hear how I found out about their project because they hadn't really told anyone about the children's book project. (haha, oops!) To my pleasant surprise they asked me to come in for an interview with the President and the Author if the book. The interview went great and soon after I got an email saying they wanted me to be the illustrator!

I'm not sure how much I can tell you about it but I think it's going to be really fun! It has an educational element to it, and I get to paint lots of fun animals! It will be released in September 2012. I'm so blessed to be able to do my first book with a real, established publisher! I can't wait for the adventure to begin!

4 comments:

Yo said...

Lauren! This is HUGE!!! Congratulations dear friend! I knew it was only a matter of time! Now you will be unstoppable :) I can't wait to hear more about the whole process. Thank you for keeping us updated. Miss you. Let's squeeze in an Art Day around Christmas time if that is possible, pleeeeez. XO

Alice Young said...

Congrats! Sounds exciting. Looking forward to the results and future updates!

Eren said...

Congratulations Lauren! Can't wait to hear more about it!

BrandoAbba said...

Congrats!! Sounds like a fun opportunity!:)