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  SEEKING AN AGENT

Hello and welcome to my zone! I am a kid’s lit author and illustrator who goes gaga for educational equality, laugh-out-loud wordplay, and yummy lyrical narratives that evoke big feelings. Digital is cool but I’d rather watch a pool of watercolor paint spread into the fibers of cotton paper.

After working for over a decade as a senior artist & CEO at my own small business in the arts, I am embarking on a new adventure as a kid’s lit creator. Making artwork with and for kids is my calling so it's time to make it official! I have been an SCBWI member since 2019 and I volunteer with the South San Francisco regional team. I live in Santa Cruz, California with my husband and 2 kiddos.

Please be in touch if you’d like to see my dummy books, have a chat or bring me into your classroom. I’m a big fan of humans and look forward to meeting you!

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SCBWI illustrator gallery

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emmatippingillo@gmail.com

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Fun Facts
Favorite kid's books: Rain by Peter Spier, El Viento en los Sauces illustrated by Michel Plessix, Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney, The Questioneers series by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts, Matias Dibuja el Sol por Rocio Martinez

My kid’s lit heroes: LeUyen Pham, Barbara Cooney, Jean Feiwel, Mo Willems, Tomi dePaolo, Robert McClosky
 

Favorite kid's lit topics: creativity, youth sports, figuring out how to be a good community member, the evolution of systems and ideas, color blobs, grandmas

Favorite big kid books: Roots by Alex Haley, Shogun by James Clavell, anything by Willa Cather, The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver, Rain of Gold by Victor Villasenor, The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk

Creative heroes: Ava DuVernay, Fiona Staples, Dave Eggers, Lorena Alvarez, Neil Gaiman, Nina Simone, Kendrick Lamar, Hayao Miyazaki

Favorite food: Hamburgers & milkshakes!

Fun fact: dual citizen USA & Great Britain.

Super fan girl of Hispanic culture and almost fluent in Spanish.

Favorite landscape: English bucolic (as long as I have my brolly!)

Dearest wish: For humanity to begin believing in ourselves and to embark on a collective endeavor of problem solving, hope and peace.

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