Let's Talk Illustration and Children's Books - a Q&A Session with Creative Director, Kerry Martin
Jul 06, 2025
Tokyo Women's Plaza 150-0001 Tokyo, Shibuya, Jingumae, 5 Chome−53−67
SCBWI Japan in-person event Sunday, 6th July, 10:30am - 12:00pm
SCBWI Japan is happy to welcome Kerry Martin, Creative Director of Holiday House and Peachtree Publishing Company. This will be Kerry's third visit to our SCBWI group. Come and join us to learn about the publishing side of the creative process, and get some great advice from one of our favorite industry professionals. Kerry will be happy to answer questions from our members about all aspects of children's book publishing and illustration.
Kerry Martin is the creative director of Holiday House and Peachtree Publishing Company. She designs and illustrates picture books, novels, graphic novels, and illustrated nonfiction for very young through young adult readers. She lives in Queens, New York with her husband and son. When not designing books or watching her son ride a skateboard, she is swimming, drinking strong coffee, or listening to audio books.
You can also catch a recent interview with Kerry on the Illustration Department podcast series here.
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Some recent favorite books that Kerry has designed are: One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome, which won a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor; I'm Gonna Paint by Anne Broyles, a winner of the Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children’s Literature, and won the Silver Medal at the Society of Illustrators’ Original Art Show; and Sharing Shalom by Danielle Sharkan which is a A Sydney Taylor Notable Book and won a National Jewish Book Award. And you can browse many more wonderful books on the Holiday House Publishers website.