Heather Ayris Burnell

  Hey, hey, it's an exciting day!  Unicorn and Yeti book 5, Fair and Square, is out into the world! As you can see from the book cover, ...

Publisher's Weekly -- it's the place to go to read about book deals. It can be so fun to read, and to see the people I know from aro...

You know what?   I had an amazing number of wonderful clients this year!  I want to thank each and every one of you for  sharing your work w...

When you're working towards your goal of publication it is good to keep up on the industry. That means news. You don't have to go se...

My cabin in the woods in Shasta. So, I took a break. A vacation even! I drove from Washington State to California and back armed with on...

Once upon a time there was a girl who liked to write. The more she wrote, the more she liked it. The more she liked it the more she wanted ...

My daughter, Ellamae, has been a book lover all of her life. I started reading to her when she was a baby. She started going to storytime a...

BOY + BOT is the story of a boy and a robot who become friends. It is created by one fabulous duo, Ame Dyckman and Dan Yaccarino ....

You may already know this, but I live on a secluded mountain in the state of Washington. Needless to say, I don't get the opportunity to...

Sometime last fall, my husband and I decided that we should start doing some farming, so we planted some garlic... The garlic is growing...

Since my family is keeping bees the kids and I have, of course, been reading picture books about bees. You can learn a lot about bees from ...

I'm so excited! I'm featured on Sergio Ruzzier's blog today! I love Sergio's books. I can so relate with AMANDINA and I love...

It seems that with the release of Bedtime Monster lots of new things have come along. Of course, having a book release is all new to me. I...

The wind on the mountain has finally died down enough to set up the badminton net. If you've been reading my blog for a while you know w...

Incase you haven't heard, there's a free conference for kidlit writers coming up in August! That's right, FREE. WriteOnCon is g...

With the mounds of snow right outside my door, I've been doing a lot of cross country skiing lately. It's peaceful, shushing through...

Finally, the badminton season is off to a start around here. When I say badminton season I mean that we have put up the net in the yard and ...

I've been wanting to talk about this book for a long time. It's one I go back to time and again. It's Billy's birthday, and ...

Jealously of a sibling is definitely something my kids can relate to. That’s why I was excited to get a copy of the new picture book OTTO GR...

I’ve wanted to play the guitar for a long time now. My sweet husband bought me an acoustic as a birthday gift before we were married. Unfort...