Sara Varon

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Sara Varon
BornIllinois, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Artist
Notable works
Sweaterweather
Robot Dreams
Bake Sale
Odd Duck
New Shoes
Hold Hands
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Sara Varon is a graphic novelist and illustrator best known for her work in children's literature. She is the author of the book Robot Dreams.

Early life[]

Varon grew up in the Illinois suburbs, and later attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City,[1] graduating in 2002.[2] As of 2006, she lived in Brooklyn, New York. Varon is on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts.[3]

Career[]

Varon's characters are entirely non-human — she claims to be bad at drawing people — except in her book My Pencil and Me where she draws herself.[4][5] Her characters often form unlikely friendships — cats and chickens, cupcakes and eggplants — which combine to form what the New York Times calls "endearing, uncommon narratives."[6]

Varon works in other mediums as well. She made a series of alebrijes of some of her cartoon characters in collaboration with a Oaxacan artist.[7] She has also made traditional-style Turkish carpets with images of her characters.[8]

Personal life[]

As of June 2006, Varon lives in Brooklyn, New York.[1] She is married and her husband is Guyanese.[8]

Honors and awards[]

Varon's book Sweaterweather (2003) was a 2004 Harvey Award nominee for Best Graphic Novel.

Varon's book Robot Dreams (2007) landed on many 2007 and 2008 "best-of" lists, including:

Bake Sale (2011) was named a YALSA Great Graphic Novel for 2012 and selected by the School Library Journal as one of the Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2011. In addition, it was a Junior Library Guild Fall 2011 Selection.

Varon was a recipient of the Maurice Sendak Fellowship in 2013.[9]

Her and Cecil Castellucci's book Odd Duck (2013) was a Eisner Award nominee. In addition, it was named by School Library Journal as one of the Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2013, and Kirkus Reviews named it one of the Best Children’s Books of 2013. Odd Duck was a Spring 2013 Selection of the Junior Library Guild. Translated into French as Des canards trop bizarres, it won the 2015 Livrentête Prize in France.[10]

Varon's book New Shoes (2018) was selected as one of the books features in the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art's exhibit Out of the Box in 2019.[11]

Her book Hold Hands (2019) was selected as a New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year in 2019.[12]

Bibliography[]

  • Sweaterweather & Other Short Stories (2003) ISBN 1-891867-49-0
  • Chicken and Cat (2006) ISBN 0439634067
  • The Present (2005)
  • Robot Dreams (2007) ISBN 1596431083
  • Chicken and Cat Clean Up (2009) ISBN 0439634083
  • Bake Sale (2011) ISBN 1596437405
  • (with Cecil Castellucci) Odd Duck (2013) ISBN 1596435577
  • (with Aaron Reynolds) President Squid (2016) ISBN 1452136475
  • New Shoes (2018) ISBN 1596439203
  • Hold Hands (2019) ISBN 1596435887
  • My Pencil and Me (2020) ISBN 1596435895

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Bean, Joy (June 29, 2006). "Spring 2006 Flying Starts: Sara Varon". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  2. ^ Mozzocco, J. Caleb. "First Second’s Tenth Year: Sara Varon Looks Back On Her Comics Decade [Interview,"] Comics Alliance (April 4, 2016).
  3. ^ Varon profile. School of Visual Arts. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  4. ^ Gustines, George Gene (2011-10-13). "What's On at New York Comic Con". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  5. ^ "Children's Book Review: My Pencil and Me by Sara Varon. First Second, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-596-43589-6". PublishersWeekly.com. 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  6. ^ Jamieson, Virctoria (2018-02-16). "Great New Books for a Child Just Learning to Read". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  7. ^ "the site for sara varon - Page 2". chickenopolis. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "A Pen & Oink interview with the great Sara Varon! – Pen and Oink". Pen and Oink. 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  9. ^ "Sendak Fellowship". The Maurice Sendak Foundation. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  10. ^ "Prix Livrentête". mediatheque-conquet.fr (in French). 2015-08-14. Archived from the original on 2015-08-14. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  11. ^ "Out of The Box: The Graphic Novel Comes of Age". Carle Museum. 2019-02-10. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  12. ^ "The 25 Best Children's Books of 2019". The New York Times. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-10-04.

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