artist biography
 

Sarah BrannenSarah S. Brannen received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard University and her Master of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking from the University of Pennsylvania. After working as a painter and architectural illustrator for several years, Sarah began writing and illustrating children’s books in 2001. She recently won the 2007 Ann Barrow Scholarship from the New England chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Sarah was the runner-up for the 2006 SCBWI Work-in-Progress grant and the runner-up for the 2003 SCBWI Don Freeman Grant.

Sarah's first picture book, Uncle Bobby's Wedding, was published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in March, 2008. She illustrated The ABC Book of American Homes for Charlesbridge Publishing, published in June, 2008.

Sarah illustrated "What I Did With My Coin Collection" by Tiger Woods for Thanks and Giving: All Year Long, edited by Marlo Thomas and Chris Cerf (Simon & Schuster, November 2004). She has had illustrations published in Cicada and AppleSeeds Magazines, and she is a regular contributor to Skating Magazine. With the skater Drew Meekins, Sarah writes and contributes photographs to a regular column on Ice Network.

Represented by Lynn Bennett, Transatlantic Literary Agency - lynn@tla1.com
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