Emily Winfield Martin is an American artist and author-illustrator of children's books. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Emily Winfield Martin | |
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Occupation | Children’s writer, illustrator |
Nationality | American |
After graduating from art school in 2005, Martin began selling her visual art through the online store Etsy, thereafter achieving acclaim in The New York Times ,[1] on CNN,[2] and on The Martha Stewart Show[3] as one of Etsy's original and most enduring success stories. Eventually Martin parlayed these successes into a career in professional book publication.[4]
Martin has written and illustrated seven children's books: an enigmatic book of story fragments & illustrations called The Imaginaries, middle grade fairy tale retelling Snow & Rose, picture books The Wonderful Things You Will Be, Dream Animals: A Bedtime Journey, Day Dreamers: A Journey of Imagination, and The Littlest Family's Big Day. A series of vignettes, Oddfellow's Orphanage, which she also wrote and illustrated, was described by Publishers Weekly as a "poignant and gently humorous debut […] set in an unusual orphanage."[5] She also produced a popular crafts book, The Black Apple's Paper Doll Primer: Activities and Amusements for the Curious Paper Artist.