Illustrative career: Conference for children’s book illustrators, writers provides inspiration for local artists

By MeLissa Kossick / The Arts Partnership on Sep 14, 2015 at 6:00 a.m. FARGO – Authors only tell half of the story, says illustrator Elise Parsley. “Children’s picture books are unique in that a reader wouldn’t understand the entire story by only reading the text; similarly, a reader wouldn’t understand the whole story through just the pictures,” says the […]

2011 illustration grad signs major book deal

This article is from publishersweekly.com. By Sally Lodge It’s a true story that reads like fiction – and it’s one that should raise the spirits of any aspiring author. Elise Parsley, a 27-year-old piano teacher in Plymouth, Minn., leapt from being an unpublished, agentless author-illustrator to one with both an agent and a book contract in three days. The quick-fire […]