Michaela Goade (born 1989 or 1990) is an American illustrator. A member of the

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tribes, she is known for her work on picture books about Indigenous people. She won the 2021

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for her illustrations in ''

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'' and is the first Indigenous artist to receive the award. Her book, ''Berry Song'' was a Caldecott Honor book in 2023.

Early life and education

Goade was born in

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, in 1989 or 1990. She is a member of the

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and

tribes of Alaska and the Kiks.ádi clan of

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. Goade attended

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, where she received a bachelor's degree in graphic design and marketing in 2014.

Career

After graduating from college, Goade became an art director for Yuit Communications in

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where she worked for two years while also working as a freelance artist. She later quit her job and moved back to Juneau to illustrate picture books for the

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's Baby Raven Reads series, beginning with ''Shanyaak'utlaax: Salmon Boy'' (2017), for which she won the 2018

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for Best Picture Book. In 2019, she illustrated the picture book ''Encounter'', written by Brittany Luby. David Treuer of ''

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'' wrote that Goade's illustrations for the book were "gorgeous and achingly rendered", and a reviewer for ''

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'' praised the varying perspectives of her mixed-media illustrations. Her next work was ''

'', written by Carole Lindstrom and published by

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in 2020. The book was written in response to the

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, and Goade worked on the watercolor illustrations in 2018 over a period of three to four months. She received the 2021

for her illustrations, becoming the first Indigenous artist and first woman of color to win the award. In a review for ''

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'', Autumn Allen praised the book's illustrations and remarked that "one could read the pictures without the words and take away the same main messages". She illustrated the

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for December 30, 2020, which featured the Tlingit civil rights activist

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. In 2021, she collaborated with the Canadian author

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on ''I Sang You Down from the Stars'', a picture book about an Indigenous mother preparing for her new baby. Goade's next book, ''Berry Song'', is scheduled for publication in mid-2022. In 2023, Goade collaborated with former U.S. poet laureate

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on ''Remember'', a picture book adaptation of Harjo’s poem of the same name. Additionally, Goade was the cover artist for the

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thriller,

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(2023) by Angeline Boulley.

Illustrated works

* * * * * * Goade, Michaela (2022). ''Berry Song''. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. * Harjo, Joy (2023). ''Remember''. Random House Studio. .

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goade, Michaela 20th-century births 21st-century American artists 21st-century American women artists American children's book illustrators American women illustrators Caldecott Medal winners Native American illustrators Haida people Living people People from Juneau, Alaska Tlingit people 21st-century Native American women Artists from Alaska 21st-century Native American artists Year of birth uncertain Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes people