Laura J. Bryant - Biography

Laura J. Bryant: Children's Book Illustrator


		I was born and raised in south Florida. I think I always enjoyed drawing and was fortunate to have a creative Mother and enthusiastic art teachers in school. I attended the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore where I studied painting, printmaking and sculpture. In 1997, after many years of searching for the ultimate job, I finally set my sites on a career in children's books. Illustrating children's books has given me an endless supply of creative freedom and joy. I currently live in the beautiful town of Asheville, NC.


		Moonbeam Children's Book Award: • If You Were My Baby, A Wildlife Lullaby: Gold Next Generation Indie Book Award: • Jo MacDonald Had a Garden: Finalist IRA & CBC Children's Choice Award • Smudge Bunny Purple Dragonfly Book Award: • Jo MacDonals Saw a Pond: 1st Place • Jo MacDonald Had a Garden: 1st Place NAPPA-National Parenting Publications Award: • Jo MacDonald Saw a Pond: Gold • If You Were My Baby, A Wildlife Lullaby: Honors Mom's Choice Awards: • Jo MacDonald Saw a Pond: Gold • If You Were My Baby, A Wildlife Lullaby: Gold Bank Street College: A Best Children's Book of the Year • Where Fish Go in Winter and Other Great Mysteries • A Fairy in a Dairy • If You Were My Baby, A Wildlife Lullaby ALA Top Ten Picks for Early Readers • Where Fish Go in Winter and Other Great Mysteries CBA Top Ten List • God Gave Us You • God Gave Us Two

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