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Jen Betton loves to draw and make up stories with her pictures. In Kindergarten she got into trouble for drawing presents on a picture of Santa, and she has been illustrating ever since. She wrote and illustrated HEDGEHOG NEEDS A HUG, published with Putnam, which won Pennsylvania's Keystone to Reading Award. She illustrated TWILIGHT CHANT, written by Holly Thompson, published with Clarion, which was an NCTE Notable Book, and BARN AT NIGHT, written by Michelle Houts and published with Feeding Minds Press.

She has a BA in English, and a BFA and MFA in Illustration. She now lives near Dallas with her husband and two children. You can see more of her work at www.jenbetton.com
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Jen Betton Sometimes it's just taking time to let the story "bake". I might not be able to see a solution right now, but if I put it away and work on something e…moreSometimes it's just taking time to let the story "bake". I might not be able to see a solution right now, but if I put it away and work on something else the solution often pops in my head. Or reading other folk's picture books helps too - absorbing good stories until my subconscious is immersed in the structure and style of good picture books. Inspiration strikes unexpectedly, but you can make it more likely to happen!(less)
Jen Betton Read good books! Read good books that are like the kind of books you want to make. Then draw or write as much as you can. It all comes down to absorbi…moreRead good books! Read good books that are like the kind of books you want to make. Then draw or write as much as you can. It all comes down to absorbing good stories, good art, and then practicing your own writing and drawing. If you are at a point where you want to take some classes, try to seek out instructors whose work you admire, and ideally who are doing what you hope to do someday. SCBWI can be a really great resource for finding and meeting folks in the KidLit community.(less)
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“Everyone needs hugs, especially if they’re prickly.”
Jen Betton, Hedgehog Needs a Hug

“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
Lloyd Alexander

“Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else.”
C.S. Lewis

“But in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. Like the night sky in the Greek poem, I see with a myriad eyes, but it is still I who see. Here, as in worship, in love, in moral action, and in knowing, I transcend myself; and am never more myself than when I do.”
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