INTERVIEW: Robin Newman Chats about her Journey into Picture Book Writing

Had to share this fabulous interview.

Laura Sassi Tales

Join me in welcoming picture book author Robin Newman. I’ve gotten to know Robin through the blogosphere and Twitter.  In addition to loving writing, I recently discovered we share something else in common.  We both spent several of our childhood years in Paris!  Today we’ll be chatting about her journey as a picture book author.

First off, congratulations! You’re really making a splash in the Kidlit world with not one, but two, debut books coming out in 2015.  Can you tell us a little bit about each book?  

Thank you!  2013 was an over-the-top, you-have-to-wake-me-from-this-dream kind of amazing year!

I have two books coming out with Creston Books.  Woo-hoo!  The first is a picture book, Hildie Bitterpickles Needs her Sleep, illustrated by Chris Ewald (spring 2015), about a crabby witch whose quiet neighborhood has been turned upside down with the arrival of noisy, inconsiderate neighbors.  So Hildie…

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