Christopher Denise
Thursday, July 16, 2015

Jonathan Stroud on Goodreads

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I am a big fan of   Jonathan Stroud 's books. If you are as well, make sure that you are signed up on Goodreads. He will be answering qu...
Saturday, July 11, 2015

Summer

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Hope you are having a great summer!
Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Redwall art

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Getting this Redwall painting ready to offer at my ETSY shop. I love drawing otters!
Friday, June 26, 2015

The beginnings of Firefly Hollow. A fortunate delay, a change of venue, the kindness of neighbors, and finally...taking my own advice

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The fortunate delay. It was one of those rare times in publishing where there was a lull in the constant demand of my production sched...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Baking Day at Grandma's-some early character development

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Crystal Kite Award nomination!

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What a compliment to be in such company!
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

In this mornings email from Publishers Weekly!

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http://www.simonandschusterpublishing.com/firefly-hollow/index.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=8b43508648-S%26S+-+Fi...
Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Just a quick note on perseverance in life and children's book publishing.

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Most of us know the story of Hans August and Margret Rey, but in case you do not, here is the cliff note version from Wikipedia. It do...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Firefly Hollow detail-revisited

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Back on November on November 18th, I posted a sketch from the work on my desk that day.  I just remembered that I planned to share a glim...
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Friday, January 23, 2015

Deadlines!

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Be sure to visit my facebook fan page, Christopher Denise Illustrator: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Denise-Illustrator/3...
Thursday, December 11, 2014

Firefly Hollow-WIP

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A sneak peak of the current project! See my post from December 2nd to see a screen shot of this piece in an earlier stage. Blogger still s...
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Firefly Hollow work.

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Different approach with this book. Working up the drawings in charcoal (digital) and layering in color. The designer and I were looking f...
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Christopher Denise
Christopher Denise spent much of his childhood in Shannon, Ireland, exploring castles and dreaming of great adventures. He is the illustrator of many critically acclaimed books for young readers, including Anika Denise’s Bunny in the Middle, Alison McGhee’s Firefly Hollow, and Rosemary Wells’s Following Grandfather, as well as several in Brian Jacques’s award-winning Redwall series. His books have appeared on the Indie Next List and the New York Times bestseller list. Knight Owl (march 2022) marks his author-illustrator debut. Christopher’s current adventures include exploring coastal Rhode Island, where he lives with his family.
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