ASA Mentorship Program Mentors’ Register Picture Book Illustration Sue deGennaro Melbourne, VIC Genres: children’s literature, picture books Preferred contact: phone, face-to-face, email, Skype I have a BA in film and Diploma in fine art and a certificate in welding. I have taught art in the pacific islands, worked in the circus as a trapeze artist and in 2009 I received a mentorship for The Pros and Cons of Being a Frog from the ASA. This manuscript was published by Scholastic in 2012. Since 2009 I have illustrated 10 picture books, along with writing and illustrating my own picture book. My books have been translated and sold through the USA, UK, Canada, China, Korea and Germany. I have been shortlisted, received a few CBCA notables and have a wee stack of rejection letters. Since 2010 I have run workshops for children at ‘Artplay’. I have taught writing for picture books at the CAE and am currently teaching writing for picture books at RMIT as part of the professional writers course. Kylie Dunstan Melbourne, VIC Genres: picture book illustration Preferred contact: phone, face-to-face, email Kylie Dunstan is an award winning author and illustrator of children’s picture books. In 2008 Kylie was awarded an ASA mentorship for her book Collecting Colour. Collecting Colour won CBCA Picture Book of the Year in 2009. She has since written and illustrated four more books Because You Are With Me, The Red Bridge – a 2010 CBCA Notable Book, Same, But Little Bit Diff’rent, This Way Up and is working on her fifth. As well as writing and illustrating picture books Kylie presents talks and workshops at schools around Australia. James Foley Perth, WA Genres: children’s literature and picture books Preferred contact: phone, email, face-to-face, Skype James Foley is a children’s author and illustrator, cartoonist, public speaker and workshop facilitator. He is the author/illustrator of In The Lion (Walker Books, 2012) and the illustrator of The Amity Kids Adventures (2013) and The Last Viking (Fremantle Press, 2011). In The Lion was selected for the International Youth library’s White Raven list in 2013. The Last Viking won the 2012 Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators’ Crystal Kite Award, the 2012 WA Young Readers’ Hoffman Award, and a 2012 Children’s Book Council of Australia Junior Judges Award. It was shortlisted for a further four awards. James is a Books In Homes ambassador and the Illustrator Coordinator for SCBWI Australia West. He is in high demand as a speaker at schools and libraries, and has a background in primary teaching. See www.jamesfoley.com.au for more information. Sally Heinrich Adelaide, SA Genres: children’s writing and picture book illustration Preferred contact: email, face-to-face I started out as an illustrator, but since writing my first picture book about 15 years ago, I now spend about half my time writing and the other half drawing. As well as illustrating more than twenty books for other people, I have written and illustrated my own picture books, junior novels and a non-fiction series on Asian countries. I am an Asialink, Varuna and May Gibbs fellow. I have been running short courses and workshops on writing and illustrating picture books for both adults and children, for more than ten years, and also tutor ‘Writing for Children’ at University level. As well as working in a formal mentoring role, I have informally mentored a number of writers and illustrators over the past few years. I know from my own experience how valuable the right words at the right time can be, and take great pleasure in being able to help other creators on their journey in even a small way. Ann James Melbourne, VIC Genres: picture book projects – illustration in particular Preferred contact: email, face-to-face, post, phone Ann James is an experienced illustrator of children’s books. She works in a variety of media, for a range of age levels and has had books published by most Australian publishers for children. In 1988, she and partner, Ann Haddon, established Books Illustrated in Melbourne, a gallery which celebrates the picture book with exhibitions, displays and an education program. Ann has collaborated with many creators and publishers and enjoys working to develop other people’s projects as much as her own. Ann represents book illustrators on the ASA Committee and has co-ordinated the Society of Book Illustrators since 1988. You might like to visit Books Illustrated’s website: www.booksillustrated.com.au ASA Mentors: Picture Book Illustration Page 2 of 5 David Miller Yarra Valley, VIC Genres: picture book illustration Preferred contact: email, face-to-face, post and phone David Miller is a picture book illustrator and author. His books include Mem Fox’s Boo to a Goose, Robin Lovell’s Where There’s Smoke and Tania Cox’s CBC shortlisted, Snap Went Chester. Books he has written include, What’s for Lunch, Carousel and the CBC Honour Book, Refugees. His latest book, Rufus the Numbat, has been shortlisted for the Wilderness Society’s 2011 Environmental Award for Children’s Literature. His books have been published in the UK, USA, Sweden and France. He has been awarded a May Gibbs Fellowship and has had solo exhibitions in Sydney, Canberra, Perth and Melbourne. Narelle Oliver Brisbane, QLD Genres: children's picture books: writing and/or illustrating, short junior fiction Preferred contact: email, face-to-face Narelle Oliver is the author/illustrator of a number of award-winning picture books including The Hunt (Winner: Children's Book Council Picture Book of the Year, 1996) and The Very Blue Thingamajig (winner: Children's Choice Awards, QLD 2004; shortlisted for children's choice awards in Vic., NSW, ACT 200). In 2012, Narelle was awarded the Children’s Picture Book Illustrators’ Initiative Grant for established illustrators. Her most recent picture book, Fox and Fine Feathers, was awarded Honour Book in the 2010 Children's Book Council Picture Book of the Year and many of her books have achieved international distribution. She is also the author of What A Goat! (Solo Series - Short Junior Fiction) published by Omnibus/Scholastic 2003. Narelle has a Bachelor of Education (Primary and Special Schools) with a major in Design and Printmaking. She has tutored in Language and Children's Literature subjects, Faculty of Education, University of Southern Queensland, currently assesses manuscripts and picture book proposals through the Queensland Writers' Centre and is a regular speaker at schools and literature festivals around Australia and South-East Asia including Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing. She conducts numerous residencies in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions and is the recipient of three May Gibbs Fellowships. Tohby Riddle Katoomba NSW Genres: picture books Preferred contact: email, face-to-face, phone Tohby Riddle is a multi-award winning author and illustrator. His work includes numerous picture books, a YA novel (for release in 2009) and two cartoon collections. For ten years he was also the weekly cartoonist for Good Weekend, the ASA Mentors: Picture Book Illustration Page 3 of 5 Saturday magazine of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and some of these cartoons have been hung in the National Museum of Australia. He is also a former Editor of The School Magazine, a prestigious literary magazine for children. Tohby Riddle’s previous three picture books: The Great Escape from City Zoo, The Singing Hat and Irving the Magician have all been shortlisted for the CBC Picture Book of the Year and have received other awards and shortlistings. Two have also been performed as theatrical productions. His books have also been published in the United States, UK, Germany, China and South Korea, and the feature film rights for The Great Escape from City Zoo were sold to a studio in Hollywood. Tohby Riddle has appeared at writers’ festivals, universities and schools across Australia to present talks and workshops to all ages. He has also received a May Gibbs fellowship. www.tohby.com Anne Spudvilas Melbourne, VIC Genres: picture book illustration Preferred contact: email, face-to-face Anne Spudvilas is an award-winning illustrator of children’s books, living and working in Melbourne. She is also a portrait painter and courtroom artist for television and the print media – her work usually centres on people. In publishing work, Anne’s chosen texts are strongly character-based. Her work is mostly in oils, but she also works in coloured inks, charcoal and some coloured pencil. She won the Crichton Award for Illustration in 1996 for her first picture book, The Race, which was shortlisted for the CBC awards the same year, and her book, Jenny Angel, won CBC Picture Book of the Year in 2000. She has six published picture books, over 20 illustrated novels and has done more than 40 covers for young adult literature. Anne has been the recipient of three Australia Council Grants for Illustration and has been awarded fellowships from the May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust and Varuna. She assisted the Australia Council in the selection of literature grant recipients as a participating advisor on children’s literature in 2003. Sally Rippin Melbourne, VIC Genres: children's picture books; writing and/or illustrations, junior novels Preferred contact: email, face-to-face Sally Rippin is an award-winning children's author and illustrator. She has published over 40 children's books and two Young Adult novels. Sally has taught Writing For Children at RMIT, the Victorian Writers' Centre and the CAE. As well as acting as a mentor for the ASA, Sally runs workshops on making children's picture books and has assessed manuscripts for the Victorian Writers’ Centre. She is a regular speaker at schools and literary festivals around Australia. Her most recent books include the popular Billie B Brown series and Angel Creek. www.sallyrippin.com ASA Mentors: Picture Book Illustration Page 4 of 5 Craig Smith Melbourne, VIC Genres: children’s picture books, illustrated junior novels. Fiction and non-fiction but with the accent on humour. Preferred contact: face-to-face, email Craig Smith has been a freelance illustrator since the mid 1970’s. His early experience was eclectic, but has come to concentrate solely on picture books and educational readers. With several award-winners to his credit, his titles appear regularly on Children’s Choice Award shortlists. Presently he has illustrated over three hundred and twenty titles. These are done in a broad range of styles and techniques, including digitally, and with characteristic quirky humour and energy. Craig periodically is a speaker at schools and literary festivals around Australia. www.craigsmithillustration.com ASA Mentors: Picture Book Illustration Page 5 of 5