November 2017 program: Michael Hale – An Illustrator’s Perspective

The Arizona Professional Writers present: Michael Hale – An Illustrator’s Perspective

Join us! Wednesday, November 15  1:00 PM at Majestic Rim Retirement Community, 310 Tyler Pkwy, Payson, AZ.

Everyone loves children’s books but not everyone knows how they are created. As an author and illustrator of children’s books, Michael Hale provides an insider’s view of what it takes to create a book from concept to final production.

Learn how authors, illustrators and many others come together to put books on your shelves. It’s a great insight into the world of children’s literature.

Michael Hale is the Illustrator Coordinator for the Arizona Region of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. (SCBWI). He has years of creative experience as a designer, writer and Illustrator and was the Creative Director of The Phoenix Zoo.

Now he puts his creative skills to work on writing & illustrating children’s picture books. He loves his work.

Michael illustrated his first picture book, UP UP UP in 2016. It was written by Phoebe Fox and published by First Edition Project Books. He both wrote and illustrated his second book, Bad Monkey Business. It was published by Simian Books in 2017.

You can see more of Michael Hale’s work by visiting www.michaelhale.me