Mélanie Watt
Mélanie Watt (born August 20, 1975 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian children's author and illustrator.[1][2] She is best known for Scaredy Squirrel, which won the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award and was published in French as Frisson l'écureuil.[3] Melanie Watt's other major picture book series is Chester, which is about a cat named Chester who competes with Watt for the chance to write and illustrate his books. The Chester book received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.[4]
As of 2012, she has sold over two million books that have been translated into 23 languages.[5]
Biography[]
As a child, Mélanie Watt enjoyed drawing the comic strip character Garfield.[6] The Scaredy Squirrel series is influenced by Watt's childhood experiences,[7] including her childhood fear of sharks.[6] She received a BA in graphic design from the Université du Québec à Montréal.[8] In 1999, while enrolled in an illustration class taught by Michele Lemieux, Watt wrote her first story, Leon the Chameleon.[8]
One of her inspirations is children's book author Mo Willems.[8]
She currently resides near Montreal.[3]
Works[]
Scaredy Squirrel[]
- Scaredy Squirrel - Volume 1 (2006)
- Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend (2007)
- Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach (2008)
- Scaredy Squirrel at Night (2009)
- Scaredy Squirrel Has a Birthday Party (2011)
- Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping (2013)
Chester[]
- Chester (2009)
- Chester's Back! (2013)
- Chester's Masterpiece (2020)
Other works[]
- Leon the Chameleon (2001)
- Colors (2005)
- Augustine (2009)
- You're Finally Here! (2011)
- Have I Got a Book for You (2013)
- Bug in a Vacuum (2015)
References[]
- ^ Quill & Quire. Canadian Magazine Publishers Association. 2005.
- ^ Questions à... Mélanie Watt.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Mélanie Watt | Kids Can Press". www.kidscanpress.com. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- ^ "Chester". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ "Best-selling Montreal author values lessons over sales". Montreal. 2012-12-26. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Meet Mélanie Watt, retrieved 2021-07-07
- ^ CBC/Radio Canada. (2012, October 25). Scaredy Squirrel Creator Mélanie Watt on Reading, Writing and Fear. CBCnews. https://www.cbc.ca/parents/learning/view/a_chat_with_childrens_author_melanie_watt.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Author-Illustrator Interview: Mélanie Watt on Scaredy Squirrel". Cynthia Leitich Smith. 2006-05-12. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
External links[]
- Mélanie Watt at Library of Congress Authorities, with 2 catalogue records
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