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Colleen A.F. Venable

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Born

in Walden, NY , The United States

January 07

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Children's Books, Mystery & Thrillers, Young Adult

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You might know me from such films as "Colleen's Fourth Birthday Party" and "Colleen Falls Down Over and Over Again While Ice Skating."

Fun facts!
-I have a huge connect-the-dots tattoo.
-I accidentally started an international holiday.
(See National Pancake Day or Lumberjack Day, every Sept 26)
-I once sang back-up on an album nominated for the Polka Grammy.
-I can't sing.
-When I was 18, I broke a national coed jump-rope record.

My debut YA graphic novel Kiss Number 8 was a National Book Award Longlist title, an Eisner nominee, and a Prism award finalist.

My graphic novel series Guinea Pig, Pet Shop Private Eye (illustrated by Stephanie Yue) was nominated for an Eisner for Best Publication for Kids and awarded “Best Book” recognition from Ki ...more

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Colleen A.F. Venable's Blog

The Gift

An orange

left on my

keyboard,

a bright ball

shoved between

enter and delete

where my fingers

grease the most.

Anonymous

sympathy, bribery,

or penance. I wasn’t

quite sure. Perhaps

it was by the only

person who knew

I hated oranges.

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	Kiss Number 8 by Colleen A.F. Venable (Goodreads Author), Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 6,652 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Katie the Catsitter (Katie the Catsitter, #1) by Colleen A.F. Venable (Goodreads Author), Stephanie Yue (illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 5,364 ratings — published 2021 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Friends for Never (Katie the Catsitter, #2) by Colleen A.F. Venable (Goodreads Author), Stephanie Yue (illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 2,070 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hamster and Cheese by Colleen A.F. Venable (Goodreads Author), Stephanie Yue (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 1,508 ratings — published 1997 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secrets and Sidekicks (Katie the Catsitter, #3) by Colleen A.F. Venable (Goodreads Author), Stephanie Yue (Contributor) 4.34 avg rating — 1,172 ratings — published 2023 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Purrfect Plan (Katie the Catsitter, #4) by Colleen A.F. Venable (Goodreads Author), Stephanie Yue (Contributor) 4.36 avg rating — 679 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus: The Graphic Novel (Junie B. Jones Graphic Novels) by Colleen A.F. Venable (Goodreads Author) (Adaptor), Barbara Park (original author), Honie Beam (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 522 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Oboe Goes Boom Boom Boom: A Joyous Picture Book About Music and Band Instruments for Children by Colleen A.F. Venable (Goodreads Author), Lian Cho (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 4.16 avg rating — 394 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mervin the Sloth Is About to Do the Best Thing in the World by Colleen A.F. Venable (Goodreads Author), Ruth Chan (Illustrator) 3.67 avg rating — 404 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And Then There Were Gnomes (Guinea Pig, Pet Shop Private Eye, #2) by Colleen A.F. Venable (Goodreads Author), Stephanie Yue (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 357 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Katie the Catsitter (5 books)
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Colleen A.F. Venable (Goodreads Author)

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Guinea PIG, Pet Shop Private Eye (6 books)
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Colleen A.F. Venable (Goodreads Author),

Stephanie Yue (Illustrations)

4.07 avg rating — 2,630 ratings

Cat Ninja (8 books)
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Colleen A.F. Venable (Goodreads Author),

Marcie Colleen,

Ellen Stubbings (illustrator)

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Mervin the Sloth (2 books)
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Colleen A.F. Venable (Goodreads Author),

Ruth Chan (Illustrator)

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Kitten Ninja (2 books)
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Colleen A.F. Venable (Goodreads Author),

Marcie Colleen,

Ellen Stubbings (illustrator)

4.21 avg rating — 371 ratings

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All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business

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“I've always been super aware that we could all die at any moment. This ceiling could fall. I could trip and land on this pen I'm holding. I could choke on my cold pasta lunch. I could be attacked by that pigeon eying me from my window sill. I could be shot...by a stranger...who lost something in their heart. Remember death is real. It's not scary. Living is the thing to care about. Don't hold grudges. Smile and make others smile as often as possible. Don't let jerks run the world.”
― Colleen AF Venable

tags: death, laugh, smile

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“Writing picture books is like playing Tetris with only Z-pieces.”
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tags: picture-books, writing

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“We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck.”
― M. T. Anderson, Feed

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“Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.”
― Anthony G. Oettinger

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“Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.”
― Steve Martin

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“The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.”
― Richard P. Feynman

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“Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.”
― Victor Borge

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message 4: by Oriana

Jan 25, 2009 09:21AM

Oh Colleen, fabulous new pic!!

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message 3: by Jessica

Feb 25, 2008 06:30AM

Love the new pic of you!

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message 2: by Julie

Jan 09, 2008 09:07AM

your reading Specials! i want to get pretties and specials, i am reading uglies right now and i really like it. Is pritties and specials as good as uglies?

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