NINA LADEN
AUTHOR * ILLUSTRATOR * DESIGNER * TEACHER * FILM CONSULTANT * SPEAKER
Nina Laden, born Jan. 12, 1962 in New York City
currently resides in Seattle and Lummi Island, WA

EDUCATION
BFA in Illustration, Magna Cum Laude
Syracuse University 1983

BOOKS
(as both author & illustrator)
"THE NIGHT I FOLLOWED THE DOG" Chronicle Books 1994
"PRIVATE I. GUANA-THE CASE OF THE MISSING CHAMELEON" Chronicle Books 1995
"MY FAMILY TREE" Chronicle Books 1997
"WHEN PIGASSO MET MOOTISSE" Chronicle Books 1998
"ROBERTO THE INSECT ARCHITECT" Chronicle Books 2000
"PEEK-A WHO?" Chronicle Books 2000
"READY, SET, GO!" Chronicle Books 2000
"BAD DOG" Walker & Company 2000
"CLOWNS ON VACATION" Walker & Company 2002
"GROW UP!" Chronicle Books 2003
"ROMEOW & DROOLIET" Chronicle Books 2005
"WHO LOVES YOU, BABY?" Chronicle Books 2007
“BUTTON NOSE” Chronicle Books 2008
"PEEK-A ZOO!" Chronicle Books 2014
"DADDY WRONG LEGS" Chronicle Books 2014
"PEEK-A BOO!" Chronicle Books 2015
"PEEK-A CHOO-CHOO!" Chronicle Books 2016

BOOKS
(as illustrator)
"THE BLUES OF FLATS BROWN" written by Walter Dean Myers, Holiday House 2000
"AN ANT'S DAY OFF" written by Bonny Becker, Simon & Schuster 2003
"THE ART OF READING" Reading is Fundamental, Penguin Putnam 2005

BOOKS
(as writer)
"Once Upon A Memory" illustrated by Renata Liwska, Little, Brown & Company 2013
"ARE WE THERE YET?" illustrated by Adam McCauley, Chronicle Books 2016
"IF I HAD A LITTLE DREAM" illustrated by Melissa Castrillon, Paula Wiseman Books, Simon & Schuster, coming in 2017

AWARDS
Parent's Choice Gold Award (twice)
American Booksellers Pick of the Lists (three times)
CBC Children's Choice Award
Reading Rainbow Book
American Booksellers Kid's Pick
Society of Illustrators Silver Medal
Smithsonian Notable Book of the Year
Parent Council "Outstanding" Award
Bookbuilders West Design Award (twice)

SHOWS
(solo)
Terra Cotta, Atlanta, GA 1996
Right Brain Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA 1997
Every Picture Tells A Story, Los Angeles, 1999
(group)
Society of Illustrators, New York City 2001
The Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA 2006

TEACHING
Atlanta College of Art, adjunct instructor illustration 1987-1990
Corcoran College of Art & Design, illustration master workshops 2003-2006
Whatcom Community College, writing workshops 2007-present

IN ADDITION
Motivational creative speaker to children & teachers in schools around the world
Film consultant and co-producer