Interviewed by Middle Grade Mafia

Thanks to Alison Hertz and Middle Grade Mafia for interviewing me about my illustration work for Michael Ian Black's books and Judy Blume's books. I also offer tips for aspiring children's book writers, process and SNACKS.

Tour of my studio, a Dirty Dozen, NAKED! giveaway and heading off to SCBWI-LA

Thanks to Andrea Skyberg for including my creative studio in her Tuesday Studio Tour blog post series! My studio isn't nearly as beautiful or well-organized or sunlit as others I've seen posted online, but I love it nonetheless. :-)

Thanks to Open Book Toronto for asking me to contribute 12 Unexpected Facts about myself.

And thanks to WeeWelcome and Simon & Schuster Canada for putting together a NAKED! book giveaway. Just two weeks left to enter!

I'm off to the 2014 SCBWI Summer Conference in Los Angeles tomorrow. I'll be livetweeting from @DebbieOhi (my personal chatty account, as opposed to @inkyelbows for my regular kidlit/YA posts), and will be back on Tuesday. Hope to see some of you there!

My interview on Toasted Cheese

Today: Erin Bellavia's interview with me about my unusual career path (how I went from being a computer programmer/analyst to writer and children's book illustrator), the author/illustrator who influenced me the most, what it was like working on I'M BORED with Simon & Schuster BFYR, and more on literary journal Toasted Cheese.

My interview on Raychelle Writes

Thanks to Raychelle Muhammad for interviewing me about I'M BORED and other projects on her blog.

In the interview, I talk about how I became an author/illustrator, my most meaningful projects, I'M BORED (of course!), Inkspot, my current reading list, promotion, music, professional associations, and advice for aspiring authors/illustrators.

Read the interview here.