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

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. After graduating from art school in 2005, Martin began selling her visual art through the online store

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, thereafter achieving acclaim in ''

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as one of Etsy's original and most enduring success stories. Eventually Martin parlayed these successes into a career in professional book publication. 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." 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) *''This is a Gift for You'' (2021) *''Wonderful Babies'' (2022)

References

External links

*
Random House Books author video
at YouTube
Interview about ''Dream Animals''
(November 2013)
''Oddfellow's Orphanage''
at Random House Books * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Emily Winfield American children's writers American children's book illustrators Artists from Portland, Oregon Writers from Portland, Oregon Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)