Skylaar Amann is an author, illustrator, and artist living in the Pacific Northwest. Her picture book SMILE, SOPHIA (Feiwel & Friends) was named a 2023 Rise Honoree from the ALA's Rise: A Feminist Book Project, and she was previously shortlisted for the Poetry Foundation's Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship. Other publishing credits include picture books ALONE SOMETIMES: EVERYBODY NEEDS A HOLE IN THE GROUND (Feiwel & Friends) and LLOYD FINDS HIS WHALESONG (Page Street Kids), as well as poetry in Cirque Journal, Blue Ocean Institute’s Sea Stories, Caesura, and Prime Number Magazine. A long-time zinester and watercolorist, Skylaar is also a member of Women Who Draw and an affiliated artist with the Climate Science Alliance. Her illustration clients include Slate/Pinna, Surfrider PDX, Scientific American, Sitka Sound Science Center, Adventure! Children’s Museum, Portland Zine Symposium, Northwest Science Expo, and World Savvy. Her next picture book, EXPLODING WHALES IS NOT RECOMMENDED, is forthcoming from Norton Young Readers in 2027. You can learn more about her at her website.

http://www.skylaaramann.com

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