In October, Humboldt County will be celebrating the 50th birthday of their Author Festival. I'll be one of the 25 children's authors and will be visiting two local elementary schools in Arcata and Fortuna, CA. Then on Saturday, Oct. 19 all the authors will gather at the library to sign their books. So come on by and get my newest biography about an artist whom I met in Humboldt County, wire artist Elizabeth Berrien. Find out how she came to discover wire as her medium.
This is Liz and me in her Humboldt studio during an earlier Author Festival.
And here's our book illustrated by Joanie Stone! The book is titled: The Wire Zoo: How Elizabeth Berrien Learned to Turn Wire into Amazing Art. It has received favorable reviews in Kirkus and Publishers Weekly.
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