Emily Winfield Martin


Emily Winfield Martin is an American artist and author-illustrator of children's books. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

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After graduating from art school in 2005, Martin began selling her visual art through the online store Etsy, thereafter achieving acclaim in the New York Times,[1] on CNN,[2] and on The Martha Stewart Show[3] as one of Etsy's original and most enduring success stories. Eventually Martin parlayed these successes into a career in professional book publication.[4]

Martin has written and illustrated seven children’s books: an enigmatic book of story fragments & illustrations called The Imaginaries, middle grade fairy tale retelling Snow & Rose, picture books The Wonderful Things You Will Be, Dream Animals: A Bedtime Journey, Day Dreamers: A Journey of Imagination, and The Littlest Family's Big Day. A series of vignettes, Oddfellow's Orphanage, which she also wrote and illustrated, was described by Publishers Weekly as a "poignant and gently humorous debut […] set in an unusual orphanage."[5] She also produced a popular crafts book, The Black Apple's Paper Doll Primer: Activities and Amusements for the Curious Paper Artist.

Bibliography

Children's fiction
  • Oddfellow's Orphanage (2012)
  • Snow & Rose (2017)

Instructional
  • The Black Apple's Paper Doll Primer: Activities and Amusements for the Curious Paper Artist (2010)

Picture books
  • Dream Animals: A Bedtime Journey (2013)
  • Day Dreamers: A Journey of Imagination (2014)
  • The Wonderful Things You Will Be (2015)
  • The Littlest Family's Big Day (2016)
  • The Imaginaries (2020)

References
  1. Rob Walker. "Handmade 2.0". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  2. Jessica Bruder. "The Etsy wars: Artisans' backlash against craft site - Jul. 14, 2009". Money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  3. "Black Apple Doll". Martha Stewart. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  4. "Emily Winfield Martin, The Black Apple - XOXO Festival (2012)". YouTube. 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  5. "Children's Book Review: Oddfellow's Orphanage by Emily Winfield Martin". Publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
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