Baking a Book: Creating the Bakery Dragon featuring creator Devin Elle Kurtz with editor and agent

Learn the secret recipe of making a book! Bestselling author-illustrator Devin Elle Kurtz of Bakery Dragon will be in conversation with her editor, Katherine Harrison, and her agent, Seth Fishman, for a behind-the-scenes look at the book creation recipe. They will share about their work together and all the steps and people behind the process. After the discussion, everyone will be available to sign books.
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About the author-illustrator:
Devin Elle Kurtz is the bestselling author and illustrator of The Bakery Dragon. She's been painting in Photoshop since the age of two when her artist mom first offered her a tablet pen. Her magical scenes combine fantasy elements with environments that feel visceral and real. She was the lead background painter on the animated show Disenchantment, and has contributed to publications such as Beasts of the Four Nations, Escape from Atlantis, How to Heal a Gryphon, and Mother of Sharks. She lives in Pasadena with her dog, Kira, and thirty-three houseplants.
About the editor:
Katherine Harrison is a children’s book editor at Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers with nearly 20 years of experience in the publishing industry. She edits projects ranging from board books for the very young to critically acclaimed young adult novels. Katherine loves books of all kinds, but especially funny ones that cultivate curiosity and inspire kids to become lifelong readers, not because they should, but because it’s fun! In her spare time, she writes songs and stories of her own under the pen name Kat Choppy, including two recent picture books, But I’m A Pumpkin and The Power Tool Alphabet. She lives in Eugene, Oregon with her family.
About the agent:
Seth Fishman is a native of Midland, Texas (think Friday Night Lights), and a graduate of Princeton University and the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. He spends his days as a literary agent at The Gernert Company and his nights (and mornings) writing. He lives in LA with his wife and son.
Celebrate Once Upon A Time's 60th anniversary!
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