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theblackapple
Illustrator/Writer/Rabbit
Interests: rabbits, children's book illustration, sea monsters, old dresses, luna moths, apples, cats, painting, sewing, birds, buttons, pineapples, strawberries, polka dots, stripes, calico, stripes, swans, t-strap mary janes, tom waits, renee french, adrian tomine, dan clowes, richard sala, knee socks, real letters.
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Hi there! It a middle grade book, which means the publisher assigned it ages 8-12. It would also work well as a read-aloud for younger children. I hope this is helpful!
Commented Nov 24, 2017 on Once, There Were Two Sisters at (Inside A Black Apple)
Once, There Were Two Sisters
That's how their tale begins...and now they are in the world! Snow & Rose is released today, both in print *and* in audiobook. There are a few lines from a favorite song that stuck with me through the years I was working on this: "Out of sorrow, entire worlds have been built / Out of longing, ...
Once, There Were Two Sisters
Posted Oct 10, 2017 at (Inside A Black Apple)
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Thank you Missy! ♥
Commented Oct 10, 2017 on Tomorrow is Snow & Rose day! at (Inside A Black Apple)
Tomorrow is Snow & Rose day!
One of my favorite things about the real, bound book is this little sketchbook section in the back. I can't believe my first proper novel will be out tomorrow...I hope you'll love it. ♥
Thank you! ♥
Commented Oct 10, 2017 on Snow & Rose at (Inside A Black Apple)
Snow & Rose
My next book comes out in just a few months (October 10th, to be exact) and I wanted to to tell you about it before it's actually here! Snow & Rose is an illustrated fairy tale, my first proper novel and the most personal thing I've ever done. It was also the longest in the making -- I imagine...
Tomorrow is Snow & Rose day!
Posted Oct 9, 2017 at (Inside A Black Apple)
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My Collection of Fairy Tales
Posted Oct 3, 2017 at (Inside A Black Apple)
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Floraphilia Originals
Posted Sep 27, 2017 at (Inside A Black Apple)
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I'm not sure where else I might be signing, but we are having a book release party in Portland at Green Bean Books on 10/14!
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Commented Sep 27, 2017 on Snow & Rose at (Inside A Black Apple)
Snow & Rose
My next book comes out in just a few months (October 10th, to be exact) and I wanted to to tell you about it before it's actually here! Snow & Rose is an illustrated fairy tale, my first proper novel and the most personal thing I've ever done. It was also the longest in the making -- I imagine...
Snow & Rose
Posted Aug 2, 2017 at (Inside A Black Apple)
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I will! I'm planning to offer the framed originals, then prints. : )
Commented Jul 26, 2017 on Floraphilia at (Inside A Black Apple)
Floraphilia
Ever week this summer, I've been making a new flower (or flower-related) painting. Shameless mixing Greek & Latin, I've called the series Floraphilia... Now that I'm about halfway through the project, I though it would be nice to have them all in one place, so here are the first six pieces! (If ...
Floraphilia
Posted Jul 19, 2017 at (Inside A Black Apple)
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"Don't Let the Bastards Grind you Down" in...
Posted Jun 1, 2017 at (Inside A Black Apple)
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Littlest Family Process Art
Posted Oct 21, 2016 at (Inside A Black Apple)
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Maybe you'll come see us at the cutest bookstore...
Posted Oct 20, 2016 at (Inside A Black Apple)
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Yes on all counts! ♥
Commented Oct 19, 2016 on The Littlest Family is Out Today! at (Inside A Black Apple)
The Littlest Family is Out Today!
Today is a really Big Day, because The Littlest Family arrives in bookstores today! (I wanted to be sure to show you one of my favorite things in the whole book, the endpapers...I love endpapers & I'm especially proud of these.) I know the family will arrive with their suitcases in hand, re...
The Littlest Family is Out Today!
Posted Oct 18, 2016 at (Inside A Black Apple)
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:D :D :D
Commented Oct 11, 2016 on The Littlest Family's Big Day at (Inside A Black Apple)
The Littlest Family's Big Day
The first real copies of my next book came in the mail: The Littlest Family's Big Day comes out in October, but you can preorder your own leaf-covered copy now! From the Random House catalog: Who is only under 5 inches tall and has just moved to the woods? The cutest and littlest bear famil...
The Littlest Family's Big Day
Posted Aug 22, 2016 at (Inside A Black Apple)
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Help Geneviève
Posted Jun 2, 2016 at (Inside A Black Apple)
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I had the strongest deja vu of reading or hearing We Have Always Lived... as a play or radio play. Now I wonder if we listened to the BBC version in high school English?
Commented May 12, 2016 on My Shirley Jackson Year at (Inside A Black Apple)
My Shirley Jackson Year
The year of Shirley Jackson actually began the year before. In my stack of Christmas presents was a copy of We Have Always Lived in the Castle, and when I read the first few pages, I was done for. It is, to me, a Perfect Book, beautiful and meandering and dangerous and sad -- the kind of b...
My Shirley Jackson Year
Posted May 11, 2016 at (Inside A Black Apple)
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Bits of a New Book
Posted Apr 15, 2016 at (Inside A Black Apple)
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Those toofs
Commented Dec 17, 2015 on more charms at angry chicken
more charms
I packed up some of the charms I made and tucked into gift boxes. Now I can't stop with the buckteeth. I'm trying to control myself. These designs were all from various tutorials online. So much fun. I did learn the hard way that you really do need to pull out the eye pin after baking, super...
Saltwater Fabric Collection
Posted Dec 15, 2015 at (Inside A Black Apple)
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Kimonos Postcard Set
Posted Dec 8, 2015 at (Inside A Black Apple)
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