Do you have a children’s book idea in the back of your mind? Celebrities such as Madonna, John Lithgow and Jamie Lee Curtis did. But authors need illustrators to bring their words to life. Ashley Wolff, the illustrator of over 60 books, many by well known authors such as Margaret Wise Brown, Robert Louis Stevenson and Raffi, excels at using visual images to tell stories. She will explore what really goes into your childhood favorites and encourage you to tell your own story.

Ashley Wolff has been an artist since she declared herself one at the age of five. She is the author and/or illustrator of over 60 children’s picture books including Baby Beluga, Stella and Roy Go Camping, Me Baby, You Baby, The Wild Little Horse, Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?, When Lucy Goes Out Walking, Compost Stew and the beloved Miss Bindergarten Series. Her books have won numerous state and national awards. Ashley has taught writing and illustration at UC Berkeley Extension and is currently on the faculty of Hollins University’s summer graduate program in Children’s Illustration.

For 24 years one of Ashley’s favorite pastimes has been traveling to schools all over the US, speaking to children in kindergarten through grade 6 about writing, drawing and using their imaginations to help them find their own paths to the future. She grew up in Middlebury, Vermont and received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1979 and her first jobs after college were at small newspapers in Vermont and California. After becoming a full time author/illustrator, Ashley has continued to paint large-scale indoor and outdoor murals throughout the SF Bay area. She lives and works in San Francisco. For more information go to www.ashleywolff.com